Total Crime Rate

566.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

226.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 566.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 226.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 96.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.1 10/10
  • Robbery 74.6 10/10
  • Other theft 49.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 44.2 10/10
  • Public order 38.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Burglary 19.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 13.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 8/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitestone Way area has the 9th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 24th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitestone Way (CR0 4WH) in the last 12 months was 566.3 per 1,000 residents and was 212.5% higher than the Broad Green average (181.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 226.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitestone Way (CR0 4WH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Lane, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitestone Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/45)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Limes Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Trafalgar Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Trafalgar Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trafalgar Way —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Lane —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Whitestone Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Trafalgar Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitestone Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Connersville Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connersville Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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