Crime Rates at The Drive, Beckenham, BR3 1EF

The Drive area has the 38th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Beckenham Town & Copers Cope , and the 395th highest crime rate of 928 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 The Drive (BR3 1EF) in the last 12 months was 59.2 per 1,000 residents and was 43.3% lower than the Beckenham Town & Copers Cope average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Drive (BR3 1EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 180 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.