Total Crime Rate
2.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richmond Road area has the lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in Bensham Manor , and the lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Richmond Road (CR7 7QE) in the last 12 months was 2.9 per 1,000 residents and was 96.8% lower 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richmond Road (CR7 7QE), the main crime hotspot is near Brigstock Road. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bensham Manor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brigstock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Melfort Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bletchingley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nutfield Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutfield Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutfield Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodcote Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodcote Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brigstock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buttonscroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brigstock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quadrant Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quadrant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quadrant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carew Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carew Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wychwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buttonscroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melfort Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brigstock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warlingham Road | Under investigation |
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