Total Crime Rate
241.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chatterton Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 58th 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 Chatterton Road (BR2 9QN) in the last 12 months was 241.8 per 1,000 residents and was 338.4% higher than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 44.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatterton Road (BR2 9QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waverley Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walpole Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bloomfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pope Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walpole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walpole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waverley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fashoda Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carisbrooke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mosslea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Jaffray Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cowper Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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