Total Crime Rate

112.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 112.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 48.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.2 7/10
  • Burglary 12.2 9/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 7/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

London Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Bensham Manor , and the 330th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around London Road (CR7 6AR) in the last 12 months was 112.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (CR7 6AR), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 311 crimes here, including 228 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in London Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/90)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Midhurst Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Crossland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Midhurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Queenswood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queenswood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broad Green Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crossland Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crossland Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Campbell Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Midhurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Campbell Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Campbell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Campbell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Campbell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Campbell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Campbell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Campbell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Midhurst Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Midhurst Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Earlswood Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dunheved Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunheved Road South Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sharland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingswood Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingswood Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kingswood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Fiveacre Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Midhurst Avenue Under investigation
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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