Overview of Bromley crime rate
Crime rating – low.
Bromley ranks 18th out of 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts for crime rate. In 2023, there were 29110 crime incidents reported. As per the latest census, Bromley has a population of 329991. This equates to a crime rate of 88.21 per 1000 residents. This crime rate represents an increase of 1.39 % compared to previous year. It also puts Bromley in 28th position out of the 33 London boroughs.
Bromley ranks 18th out of 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts for crime rate. In 2023, there were 29110 crime incidents reported. As per the latest census, Bromley has a population of 329991. This equates to a crime rate of 88.21 per 1000 residents. This crime rate represents an increase of 1.39 % compared to previous year. It also puts Bromley in 28th position out of the 33 London boroughs.
Most common crime types in Bromley are Violence and sexual offences (26.1%) Anti-social behaviour (18.4%) Vehicle crime (10.8%) and least common crime types are Other crime (1.0%) Bicycle theft (0.6%) Possession of weapons (0.4%).
There are 22 wards in Bromley. Wards with high crime rates are Bromley Town (225.2), St Paul’s Cray (131.9), Orpington (129.5) . On the other end, safest wards are Hayes & Coney Hall (49.3), Chelsfield (38.4), West Wickham (38.3) .
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Bromley crime incidents by crime type
A total of 29110 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.
- Violence and sexual offences – 7592 (26.1)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 5357 (18.4)%
- Vehicle crime – 3155 (10.8)%
- Shoplifting – 2483 (8.5)%
- Other theft – 2474 (8.5)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 2051 (7.0)%
- Public order – 1784 (6.1)%
- Burglary – 1546 (5.3)%
- Drugs – 955 (3.3)%
- Robbery – 616 (2.1)%
- Theft from the person – 502 (1.7)%
- Other crime – 304 (1.0)%
- Bicycle theft – 162 (0.6)%
- Possession of weapons – 129 (0.4)%
How does Bromley compare against nearby areas ?
Bromley ranks 18th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
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Crime rates in Bromley wards
There are 22 wards within Bromley. Bromley Town, St Paul’s Cray, Orpington has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
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List of all 22 wards from high crime rate to low.
Analyze trends and crime types for Bromley wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Bromley
There are 19 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Bromley. Highest crime rates in CR0, BR1, SE20 .
- CR0 – 155.3
- BR1 – 126.0
- SE20 – 125.6
- SE26 – 114.6
- BR8 – 102.8
- BR5 – 100.1
- SE19 – 96.1
- SE9 – 90.7
- SE12 – 88.8
- CR6 – 87.8
- DA14 – 86.5
- TN16 – 86.0
- BR3 – 82.2
- BR6 – 73.8
- BR2 – 70.8
- BR7 – 56.2
- TN14 – 54.5
- CR3 – 39.0
- BR4 – 38.9
Postcode districts in Bromley
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