Total Crime Rate
108.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Detling Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 189th highest crime rate of 930 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 Detling Road (BR1 4SH) in the last 12 months was 108.5 per 1,000 residents and was 96.7% higher than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Detling Road (BR1 4SH), the main crime hotspot is near Hillcrest Road. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headcorn Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillcrest Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillcrest Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillcrest Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hillcrest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southover | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southover | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Headcorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bonville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Headcorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sudbury Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudbury Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Detling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudbury Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudbury Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudbury Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillcrest Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillcrest Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Boyland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Boyland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brook Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Boyland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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