Total Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thorn Close area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bromley Common & Holwood , and the 457th highest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thorn Close (BR2 8DH) in the last 12 months was 52.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% lower than the Bromley Common & Holwood average (78.4 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thorn Close (BR2 8DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitebeam Avenue, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Faringdon Avenue (9 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 | Whitebeam Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lovelace Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hazel Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prescott Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oxhawth Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxhawth Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oxhawth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Larch Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laburnum Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whitebeam Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazel Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitebeam Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitebeam Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitebeam Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitebeam Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitebeam Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitebeam Avenue | — |
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