Total Crime Rate
520.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
222.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brickwood Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 30th 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 Brickwood Road (CR0 6UL) in the last 12 months was 520.9 per 1,000 residents and was 464.3% higher than the Addiscombe East average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -21.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 222.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brickwood Road (CR0 6UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conference/Exhibition Centre, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Colson Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | John'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| 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 | Bicycle theft | Colson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Orchard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Orchard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addiscombe Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addiscombe Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addiscombe Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garrick Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addiscombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Clair'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leslie Grove Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leslie Grove Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leslie Grove Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Garrick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Under investigation |
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