Total Crime Rate
541.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
151.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bromley Town , and the 16th highest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (BR1 1LA) in the last 12 months was 541.1 per 1,000 residents and was 201.2% higher than the Bromley Town average (179.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 151.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (BR1 1LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 564 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Mark'S Road (140 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bromley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Elmfield Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ethelbert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stockwell Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simpson'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Mark'S Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Mark'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mark'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Simpson'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Simpson'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Simpson'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simpson'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simpson'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simpson'S Road | Under investigation |
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