Total Crime Rate
39.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garden Road area has the 57th lowest crime rate of 165 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 359th 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 Garden Road (BR1 3LX) in the last 12 months was 39.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% lower than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 4.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garden Road (BR1 3LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Freelands Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Minster Road (12 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 | Freelands Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edward Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freelands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freelands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freelands Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freelands Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freelands Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freelands Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freelands Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freelands Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Garden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minster Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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