Crime Rates at River Cottages, Orpington, BR5 3HL

River Cottages area has the 13th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Mary's & St James , and the 87th highest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .

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 River Cottages (BR5 3HL) in the last 12 months was 159.2 per 1,000 residents and was 101.1% higher than the St Mary's & St James average (79.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 76.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around River Cottages (BR5 3HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsgate Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Main Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.