Total Crime Rate
87.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairway area has the 41st highest crime rate of 165 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 259th highest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fairway (BR5 1EE) in the last 12 months was 87.9 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% higher than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairway (BR5 1EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Approach, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Square (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Petts Wood & Knoll| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Approach | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Station Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Station Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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