Total Crime Rate
86.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farwig Lane area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 165 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 266th highest crime rate of 928 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 Farwig Lane (BR1 3RF) in the last 12 months was 86.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.2% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farwig Lane (BR1 3RF), the main crime hotspot is near Longfield. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 36 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 | Florence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Longfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Longfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Longfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ronalds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ronalds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Slip | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Slip | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Slip | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Scotts Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blyth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glebe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glebe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mooreland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Longfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fairfield Road | Under investigation |
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