Total Crime Rate

1200.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

693.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 1200.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 693.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 540.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 168.9 10/10
  • Public order 141.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 90.1 10/10
  • Other theft 76.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 74.3 10/10
  • Drugs 31.5 10/10
  • Burglary 29.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 24.8 10/10
  • Robbery 9.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 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 2nd highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Bensham Manor , and the 8th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around London Road (CR7 7YE) in the last 12 months was 1200.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1231.0% 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 240 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 308 (≈ 693.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (CR7 7YE), 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Midhurst Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Midhurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Midhurst Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Midhurst Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Midhurst Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hospital Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Midhurst Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mayday Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mayday Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Midhurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Queenswood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mayday Road

Data Sources

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