Crime Rate in Woodside, ward

Woodside has the 11th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Croydon district and the 1959th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 334th lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Woodside in the last 12 months was 92.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% lower than the Croydon district average (109.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Woodside’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 522 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 7 cases , up 16.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 29.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -12.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 636 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Woodside ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.