Total Crime Rate
79.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Minster Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 293rd highest crime rate of 930 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 Minster Road (BR1 4DY) in the last 12 months was 79.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Minster Road (BR1 4DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Minster Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rodway Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bickley & Sundridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burnt Ash Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Paxton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnt Ash Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burnt Ash Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nichol Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nichol Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burnt Ash Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burnt Ash Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Minster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Minster Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nichol Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nichol Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coppergate Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Babbacombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Foxbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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