Total Crime Rate
519.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bearstead Terrace area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Beckenham Town & Copers Cope , and the 19th highest crime rate of 928 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 Bearstead Terrace (BR3 1NU) in the last 12 months was 519.8 per 1,000 residents and was 397.7% higher 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 Shoplifting with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 229.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bearstead Terrace (BR3 1NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Beckenham Town & Copers Cope| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbey Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beckenham Junction | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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