Crime Rate in Orpington, ward

Orpington has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Bromley district and the 1568th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 289th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Orpington in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% higher than the Bromley district average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Orpington’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 378 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 510 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Orpington ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 181 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (58 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.