Total Crime Rate

94.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.9 6/10
  • Other theft 17.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Recreation Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bromley Town , and the 225th highest crime rate of 930 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 Recreation Road (BR2 0DY) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.9% lower than the Bromley Town average (177.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Recreation Road (BR2 0DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shortlands, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pump House Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Recreation Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Bracken Hill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dykes Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shortlands Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bracken Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chart Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pump House Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pump House Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pump House Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dykes Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shortlands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shortlands
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beckenham Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Martin'S Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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