Crime Statistics for Borad Green, London, Croydon, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Borad Green in September 2024. There were a total of 1362 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Borad Green, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	329
Anti Social Behaviour	280
Shoplifting	164
Vehicle Crime	97
Other Theft	90
Criminal Damage Arson	78
Public Order	73
Theft From The Person	59
Burglary	57
Drugs	55
Robbery	48
Other Crime	18
Bicycle Theft	7
Possession Of Weapons	7
All Crime	1362

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Borad Green. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Borad Green

We've taken the ten nearest places to Borad Green and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Borad Green has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Borad Green	1362
Wandle Park (0.88 miles)	708
South Norwood (1.39 miles)	643
Addiscombe (1.24 miles)	605
Beddington (1.39 miles)	591
Wallington (2.24 miles)	458
Bandonhill (2.24 miles)	310
Monks Orchard (1.96 miles)	270
Shirley (1.86 miles)	198
South Croydon (1.86 miles)	187

Where are the most violent places near Borad Green?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Borad Green and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Borad Green	329
South Norwood	235
Wandle Park	207
Beddington	141
Wallington	135
Addiscombe	132
Monks Orchard	123
Bandonhill	78
South Croydon	63
Shirley	55

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Borad Green?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Borad Green to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Borad Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Borad Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Borad Green have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Addiscombe West.

#	Ward	Score
1	Fairfield	88
2	Selhurst	85
3	Broad Green	81
4	West Thornton	79
5	South Norwood	75
6	Bensham Manor	72
7	Park Hill & Whitgift	63
8	Beddington South	55
9	Addiscombe East	54
10	South Croydon	53
11	Addiscombe West	52

Which road in Borad Green has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Borad Green with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.