Total Crime Rate

52.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 52.2 5/10
  • Violent crimes 12.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alfred Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 362nd lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alfred Road (SE25 5LE) in the last 12 months was 52.2 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% lower than the Addiscombe East average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alfred Road (SE25 5LE), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Alfred Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Denmark Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Coventry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Addison Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Addison Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Addison Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stanger Road
Apr 2026Public order Cobden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Balfour Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Greenmead Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Greenmead Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Farley Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birchanger Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Birchanger Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Birchanger Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Watcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Farley Place
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Denmark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Napier Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Apsley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ingatestone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ingatestone Road
Apr 2026Other theft Seymour Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denmark Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denmark Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Denmark Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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