Total Crime Rate

1330.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

492.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1330.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 492.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 265.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 225.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 136.5 10/10
  • Public order 132.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 123.1 10/10
  • Other theft 109.6 10/10
  • Drugs 103.9 10/10
  • Robbery 69.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 53.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.7 10/10
  • Burglary 28.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 25.0 10/10
  • Other crime 13.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.5 9/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Market Square area has the highest crime rate of 165 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the highest crime rate of 928 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 Market Square (BR1 1NA) in the last 12 months was 1330.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2293.0% higher than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 138 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 256 (≈ 492.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Square (BR1 1NA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 565 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Market Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/154)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gordon Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gordon Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glebe Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Shopping Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Florence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glebe Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order College Slip Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tetty Way Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tetty Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Florence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tetty Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tetty Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson College Slip Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order College Slip Under investigation
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Data Sources

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