Crime Rate in Mottingham, ward

Mottingham has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Bromley district and the 1560th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 287th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Mottingham in the last 12 months was 105.6 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% higher than the Bromley district average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mottingham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 365 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 20.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -39.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 448 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mottingham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 102 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Dunkery Road (29 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.