Forest vs New Addington North

Forest has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 9,723 crimes in the last 12 months. New Addington North has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 2,018 crimes. Forest scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Forest shows a year-on-year crime trend of -0.7% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. New Addington North shows +4.3% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Forest, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Anti-Social Behaviour (2,282 incidents). In New Addington North, it is Violent Crime (708 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Forest recorded 2,282 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while New Addington North recorded 358. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Forest totalled 2,149 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 708 in New Addington North. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Forest recorded 9,795 crimes (now 9,723, a change of -0.7%). New Addington North recorded 1,935 crimes previously (now 2,018, +4.3%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Forest has a resolution rate of 30.1% and New Addington North has 24.2%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Forest falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. New Addington North is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Forest and New Addington North. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.