Crime Statistics for Borad Green, London, Croydon, 2024

There were a total of 1278 street level crime incidents in Borad Green in January 2024. 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	350
Anti Social Behaviour	236
Vehicle Crime	115
Other Theft	98
Public Order	91
Criminal Damage Arson	85
Shoplifting	82
Drugs	57
Robbery	56
Burglary	44
Theft From The Person	31
Other Crime	12
Bicycle Theft	11
Possession Of Weapons	10
All Crime	1278

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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	1278
South Norwood (1.39 miles)	765
Wandle Park (0.88 miles)	756
Addiscombe (1.24 miles)	541
Monks Orchard (1.96 miles)	416
Wallington (2.24 miles)	351
Bandonhill (2.24 miles)	351
Beddington (1.39 miles)	334
Shirley (1.86 miles)	273
South Croydon (1.86 miles)	243

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	350
South Norwood	257
Wandle Park	210
Addiscombe	146
Monks Orchard	121
Wallington	112
Bandonhill	112
Beddington	99
Shirley	68
South Croydon	65

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 North End.