Total Crime Rate
46.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Alfred Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 319th lowest crime rate of 1,082 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 5LF) in the last 12 months was 46.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.4% lower than the Addiscombe East average (94.7 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alfred Road (SE25 5LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Farley Place, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Addiscombe East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belfast Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Watcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Enmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Werndee Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Werndee Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Mark'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mark'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doyle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Denmark Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Watcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birchanger Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Enmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchanger Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ingatestone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brierley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seymour Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Enmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Farley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Farley Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Farley Place | Under investigation |
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