Crime Rate in Petts Wood & Knoll, ward

Petts Wood & Knoll has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 22 wards in Bromley district and the 1493rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 19th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Petts Wood & Knoll in the last 12 months was 38.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.9% lower than the Bromley district average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Petts Wood & Knoll’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 134 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 168 (≈ 8.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Petts Wood & Knoll ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near West Approach, with 89 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Augustus Lane (21 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.