Total Crime Rate
44.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Babbacombe Road area has the 67th lowest crime rate of 165 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 406th lowest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Babbacombe Road (BR1 3LR) in the last 12 months was 44.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.3% lower than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Babbacombe Road (BR1 3LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Minster Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bromley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytchet Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytchet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dairy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Croft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Foxbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Foxbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Foxbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burnt Ash Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytchet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Babbacombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rodway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cambridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ronalds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ronalds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Garden Road | Under investigation |
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