Crime Rate in Mottingham, ward

Mottingham has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Bromley district and the 1409th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 284th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Mottingham in the last 12 months was 107.6 per 1,000 residents and was 22.0% higher than the Bromley district average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mottingham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 434 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 38.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 525 (≈ 44.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mottingham ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Dunkery Road. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.