Total Crime Rate
52.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alfred 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 5LF) 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 5LF), 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.
View Crime In Woodside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanger Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenmead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Greenmead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Balfour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coventry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchanger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingatestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Birchanger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cobden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Apsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seymour Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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