Total Crime Rate
119.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bromley Common area has the 24th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 166th highest crime rate of 930 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 Bromley Common (BR2 9RJ) in the last 12 months was 119.7 per 1,000 residents and was 117.1% higher than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bromley Common (BR2 9RJ), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Newton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waverley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walpole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pope Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Crown Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walpole Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mosslea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Jefferson Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bromley Common | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bromley Common | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cowper Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bloomfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walpole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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