Total Crime Rate

182.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 182.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.7 10/10
  • Burglary 17.8 10/10
  • Other theft 17.8 9/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Robbery 8.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blenheim Park Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown , and the 160th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 182.2 per 1,000 residents and was 285.4% higher than the Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown average (47.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 75.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blenheim Park Road (CR2 6BL), the main crime hotspot is near Brantwood Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Blenheim Park Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blenheim Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blenheim Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Blackford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Haling Down Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blenheim Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Allenby Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Allenby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brantwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brantwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Biddulph Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brantwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wyndhurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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