Total Crime Rate

32.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 32.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.7 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hollingworth Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 164 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 271st lowest crime rate of 930 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 Hollingworth Road (BR5 1AQ) in the last 12 months was 32.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hollingworth Road (BR5 1AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birch Row, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laburnum Way (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hollingworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Faringdon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rolleston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Faringdon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Faringdon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Faringdon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxhawth Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chesham Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Prescott Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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