Total Crime Rate
1409.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the highest crime rate of 930 local areas in Bromley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (BR1 1JH) in the last 12 months was 1409.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2456.4% higher than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 156 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -62.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 247 (≈ 475.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (BR1 1JH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 576 crimes here, including 98 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Constable Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elmfield Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tetty Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tetty Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Walters Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Walters Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Walters Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Walters Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walters Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elmfield Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elmfield Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elmfield Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmfield Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tetty Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmfield Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elmfield Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Elmfield Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmfield Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tetty Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tetty Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tetty Way | Under investigation |
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