Crime Rate in Penge & Cator, ward

Penge & Cator has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 wards in Bromley district and the 927th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 199th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Penge & Cator in the last 12 months was 129.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% higher than the Bromley district average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Penge & Cator’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 555 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 15 cases , up 7.1% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 30.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -17.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 784 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Penge & Cator ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Montague Mews, with 210 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (82 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.