Total Crime Rate
201.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kelvin 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beddington Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alfriston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Saffron Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ockley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alfriston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimshurst Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maxwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Maxwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Maxwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westcombe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westcombe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westcombe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Maxwell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Maxwell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Maxwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rosedene Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklin Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beddington Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Wimshurst Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beddington Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beddington Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beddington Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beddington Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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