Total Crime Rate

515.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 515.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 328.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.0 7/10
  • Robbery 22.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.8 8/10
  • Other theft 19.8 10/10
  • Public order 19.8 9/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • 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

Queensway area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Petts Wood & Knoll , and the 17th highest crime rate of 930 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 Queensway (BR5 1EB) in the last 12 months was 515.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1235.4% higher than the Petts Wood & Knoll average (38.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 116 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 82.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queensway (BR5 1EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Approach, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Square (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Queensway area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Square —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Station Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kenilworth Road —
Sep 2025Public order Station Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Station Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Transmere Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queensway —
Sep 2025Burglary Station Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Station Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fairway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fairway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tudor Way —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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