Crime Rate in St Mary Cray, ward

St Mary Cray has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Bromley district and the 1469th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 292nd highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Mary Cray in the last 12 months was 105.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% higher than the Bromley district average (88.5 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 5 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 16.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -17.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 735 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Mary Cray ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.