Total Crime Rate
138.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plaistow Lane area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 165 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 145th highest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Plaistow Lane (BR1 4DS) in the last 12 months was 138.7 per 1,000 residents and was 149.4% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plaistow Lane (BR1 4DS), the main crime hotspot is near Minster Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 14 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 | Drugs | Croft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burnt Ash Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Garden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fenn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gladwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Foxbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilldrop Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Babbacombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytchet Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytchet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytchet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cambridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Minster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Foxbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dairy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nash Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Foxbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fairfield Road | Under investigation |
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