Crime Rate in Purley & Woodcote, ward

Purley & Woodcote has the 13th lowest crime rate of 28 wards in Croydon district and the 2728th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 222nd lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Purley & Woodcote in the last 12 months was 78.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% lower than the Croydon district average (109.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Purley & Woodcote’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 491 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 31.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -10.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 627 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Purley & Woodcote ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 223 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.