Total Crime Rate
107.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southborough Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bromley Common & Holwood , and the 200th 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 Southborough Lane (BR2 8AL) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% higher than the Bromley Common & Holwood average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southborough Lane (BR2 8AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mons Way, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Narrow Way (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bromley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mons Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cloisters Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ruskin Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narrow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Narrow Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mons Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mons Way | — |
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