Total Crime Rate

182.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

85.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 182.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 85.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.0 9/10
  • Other theft 19.3 9/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dunheved Road West area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Bensham Manor , and the 159th 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 Dunheved Road West (CR7 6AP) in the last 12 months was 182.0 per 1,000 residents and was 101.8% higher than the Bensham Manor average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 12.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 85.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunheved Road West (CR7 6AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunheved Road South, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunheved Road North (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunheved Road West area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/46)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Oakwood Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dunheved Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colvin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Colvin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Colvin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Dunheved Road North Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunheved Road North —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stanley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Canterbury Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dunheved Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kenmare Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wortley Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingswood Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wortley Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunheved Road South Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Alma Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour York Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oakwood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Oakwood Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Oakwood Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingswood Avenue —
Apr 2026Robbery Colvin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kingswood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fiveacre Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Fiveacre Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Fiveacre Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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