Total Crime Rate
299.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Narrow Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Bromley Common & Holwood , and the 41st highest crime rate of 930 local areas in Bromley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Narrow Way (BR2 8JB) in the last 12 months was 299.7 per 1,000 residents and was 268.7% higher than the Bromley Common & Holwood average (81.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 157.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Narrow Way (BR2 8JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Turpington Close, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Link Way (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lavender Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Link Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Turpington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turpington Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cobham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cobham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cobham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rayfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rayfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rayfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Turpington Close | Under investigation |
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