Total Crime Rate
69.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cobden Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 485th lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cobden Road (SE25 5NU) in the last 12 months was 69.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cobden Road (SE25 5NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dundee Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ingatestone Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Woodside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingatestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Greenmead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dundee Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dundee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alfred Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dundee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dundee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belmont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodside Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenmead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cobden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingatestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Birchanger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Birchanger Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchanger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oakley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
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