Crime Rate in St Paul's Cray, ward

St Paul's Cray has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Bromley district and the 1223rd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 248th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Paul's Cray in the last 12 months was 114.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% higher than the Bromley district average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Paul's Cray’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 536 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 714 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Paul's Cray ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.