Crime Rates at Birchanger Road, London, SE25 5BE

Birchanger Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 211th 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 Birchanger Road (SE25 5BE) in the last 12 months was 148.2 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% higher than the Addiscombe East average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchanger Road (SE25 5BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Farley Place, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Doyle Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.