Total Crime Rate
219.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newman Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 165 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 65th highest crime rate of 928 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 Newman Road (BR1 1RJ) in the last 12 months was 219.4 per 1,000 residents and was 294.5% higher than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newman Road (BR1 1RJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 371 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bromley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ronalds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ronalds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Babbacombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Denmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Market Square | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stockwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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