Total Crime Rate
20.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mead Way area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bromley Town , and the 127th lowest crime rate of 930 local areas in Bromley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mead Way (BR2 9EU) in the last 12 months was 20.7 per 1,000 residents and was 88.3% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mead Way (BR2 9EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsdown Way, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shoreham Way (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastry Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Matfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayesford Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayesford Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kingsdown Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mead Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shoreham Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leybourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Way | Under investigation |
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