Total Crime Rate
236.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cross Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 104th 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 Cross Road (CR0 6TA) in the last 12 months was 236.3 per 1,000 residents and was 156.0% higher than the Addiscombe East average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -2.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cross Road (CR0 6TA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 260 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leslie Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alexandra Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Alexandra Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alexandra Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | John'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Colson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Orchard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Place | — |
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