Total Crime Rate

95.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.8 9/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.8 4/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Brookmead Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Orpington , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 930 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 Brookmead Close (BR5 2BB) in the last 12 months was 95.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% lower than the Orpington average (105.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 294.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brookmead Close (BR5 2BB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Brookmead Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Viridian Mews
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Viridian Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aynscombe Angle
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aynscombe Angle Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sanderstead Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson River Park View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River Park View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River Park View Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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