Total Crime Rate
217.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blenheim Park Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown , and the 119th highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Blenheim Park Road (CR2 6BL) in the last 12 months was 217.8 per 1,000 residents and was 392.0% higher than the Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown average (44.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 97.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blenheim Park Road (CR2 6BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brantwood Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haling Down Passage (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Culmington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Allenby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Biddulph Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Biddulph Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Haling Down Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Haling Down Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haling Down Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blenheim Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brantwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blenheim Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brighton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haling Down Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Biddulph Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Biddulph Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brantwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brantwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Allenby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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