Total Crime Rate

164.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 164.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.0 9/10
  • Burglary 19.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Robbery 9.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 7.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Woodmansterne Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Norbury & Pollards Hill , and the 193rd 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 Woodmansterne Road (SW16 5TR) in the last 12 months was 164.7 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% higher than the Norbury & Pollards Hill average (123.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodmansterne Road (SW16 5TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Guildersfield Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodmansterne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Acacia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Guildersfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Guildersfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rochester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rochester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acacia Road
Sep 2025Other theft Hepworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hepworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rochester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rochester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodmansterne Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodmansterne Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodmansterne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebrook Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rochester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairview Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croindene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rochester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croindene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Acacia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rochester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glencairn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Arragon Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building

Data Sources

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