Crime Rate in Orpington, ward

Orpington has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Bromley district and the 1503rd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 300th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Orpington in the last 12 months was 104.5 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% higher than the Bromley district average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Orpington’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 366 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 7 cases , down -22.2% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 15.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 502 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Orpington ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 123 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (40 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.