Total Crime Rate
257.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cooden Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 930 local areas in Bromley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cooden Close (BR1 3TR) in the last 12 months was 257.4 per 1,000 residents and was 366.7% higher than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cooden Close (BR1 3TR), the main crime hotspot is near Freelands Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bickley & Sundridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Freelands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Horsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Minster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nichol Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nichol Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nichol Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Foxbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Minster Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nichol Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Haxted Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coppergate Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Freelands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Babbacombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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