Crime Rate in St Mary Cray, ward

St Mary Cray has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Bromley district and the 1390th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 256th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Mary Cray in the last 12 months was 110.8 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% higher than the Bromley district average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Mary Cray’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 544 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 130.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -19.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 748 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Mary Cray ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 295 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.