Total Crime Rate

83.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 83.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
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

Rochester Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bromley Town , and the 268th highest crime rate of 930 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 Rochester Avenue (BR1 3DB) in the last 12 months was 83.8 per 1,000 residents and was 52.7% lower than the Bromley Town average (177.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 78.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rochester Avenue (BR1 3DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stockwell Close, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen'S Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Rochester Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Constable Mews —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palace Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Constable Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order A222 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Constable Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Constable Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rafford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A222 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stockwell Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stockwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stockwell Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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