Total Crime Rate

40.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 40.1 4/10
  • Violent crimes 21.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Stroud Green Way area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Shirley North , and the 265th lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stroud Green Way (CR0 7BF) in the last 12 months was 40.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% lower than the Shirley North average (77.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stroud Green Way (CR0 7BF), the main crime hotspot is near Stroud Green Way. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Stroud Green Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodside Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keats Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Long Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Long Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Long Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Coleridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bywood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Medway Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Macclesfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Macclesfield Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodside Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Woodside Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Woodside Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodside Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rusthall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Long Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swinburne Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knole Close —
Apr 2026Drugs Shoreham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shoreham Close —
Apr 2026Public order Stroud Green Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shoreham Close —
Apr 2026Public order Stroud Green Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stroud Green Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knole Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Knole Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Swinburne Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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