Total Crime Rate

1170.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1170.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 406.7 10/10
  • Public order 183.3 10/10
  • Drugs 106.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 96.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 96.7 9/10
  • Other theft 80.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 46.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 26.7 10/10
  • Burglary 26.7 10/10
  • Other crime 26.7 10/10
  • Robbery 16.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.0 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bromley Town , and the 5th highest crime rate of 930 local areas in Bromley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (BR1 1LF) in the last 12 months was 1170.0 per 1,000 residents and was 560.3% higher than the Bromley Town average (177.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 122 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 185 (≈ 616.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 524.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BR1 1LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 588 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Mark'S Road (110 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Drugs Simpson'S Road Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mark'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mark'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Elmfield Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rafford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Simpson'S Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Simpson'S Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Simpson'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Simpson'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Newbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bromley South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simpson'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Masons Hill Under investigation

Data Sources

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