Total Crime Rate
75.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leesons Hill area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Paul's Cray , and the 318th highest crime rate of 928 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 Leesons Hill (BR5 2LH) in the last 12 months was 75.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% lower than the St Paul's Cray average (114.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 600.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leesons Hill (BR5 2LH), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 181 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Paul's Cray| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springvale Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vernon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oast House Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vernon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craylands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hyde Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millfields Cottages | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greenleigh Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millfields Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millfields Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oast House Way | Under investigation |
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