Total Crime Rate

201.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 201.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 57.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.3 10/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Robbery 8.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kelvin Gardens area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 138th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kelvin Gardens (CR0 4UU) in the last 12 months was 201.1 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% higher than the Broad Green average (172.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kelvin Gardens (CR0 4UU), the main crime hotspot is near Beddington Farm Road. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Kelvin Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beddington Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Alfriston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Saffron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ockley Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alfriston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimshurst Close
Sep 2025Other theft Maxwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maxwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maxwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westcombe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westcombe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westcombe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maxwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maxwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maxwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rosedene Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franklin Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beddington Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wimshurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beddington Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beddington Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beddington Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beddington Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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