Crime Rates at Broomwood Road, Orpington, BR5 2JH

Broomwood Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Paul's Cray , and the 241st 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 Broomwood Road (BR5 2JH) in the last 12 months was 90.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% lower than the St Paul's Cray average (109.5 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broomwood Road (BR5 2JH), the main crime hotspot is near Vernon Close. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.