Crime Rate in St Paul's Cray, ward

St Paul's Cray has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Bromley district and the 1427th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 267th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Paul's Cray in the last 12 months was 109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% higher than the Bromley district average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Paul's Cray’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 519 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 7 cases , up 16.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -18.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 680 (≈ 39.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Paul's Cray ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 143 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.