Total Crime Rate
28.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Silverdale Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Paul's Cray , and the 239th lowest 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 Silverdale Road (BR5 2LT) in the last 12 months was 28.7 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Silverdale Road (BR5 2LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ravenscourt Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clarendon Grove (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Paul's Cray| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goose Green Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Goose Green Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Batchwood Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Batchwood Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Arbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Arbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenscourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnyfield Road | — |
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