Total Crime Rate
121.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kenmare Road area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 300th 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 Kenmare Road (CR7 6BN) in the last 12 months was 121.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% lower than the Broad Green average (181.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kenmare Road (CR7 6BN), 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.
View Crime In West Thornton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunheved Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Thornton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gonville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wortley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wortley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakwood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunheved Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunheved Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunheved Road South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canterbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oakwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenmare Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oakwood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marden Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marden Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lynton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marden Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunheved Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dunheved Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunheved Road North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancing Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lancing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsey Road | Under investigation |
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