Total Crime Rate
152.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glebe Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Shortlands & Park Langley , and the 127th 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 Glebe Way (BR4 0AP) in the last 12 months was 152.5 per 1,000 residents and was 354.4% higher than the Shortlands & Park Langley average (33.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glebe Way (BR4 0AP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Wickham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Links Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Links Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rose Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Linden Leas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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