Total Crime Rate

83.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.5 4/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Watson Place area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Bensham Manor , and the 489th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Watson Place (SE25 5EX) in the last 12 months was 83.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% lower than the Bensham Manor average (91.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watson Place (SE25 5EX), the main crime hotspot is near Towpath Way. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Watson Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watson Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Towpath Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Towpath Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sutton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Pickering Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grindley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rendle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dinsdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutton Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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