Total Crime Rate
135.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakley Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Shirley North , and the 247th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oakley Road (SE25 4XQ) in the last 12 months was 135.3 per 1,000 residents and was 75.2% higher than the Shirley North average (77.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakley Road (SE25 4XQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dundee Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ingatestone Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Woodside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Luke'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingatestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingatestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Apsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oakley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seymour Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Luke'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Luke'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dundee Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dundee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dundee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dundee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Watcombe Road | Under investigation |
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