Total Crime Rate
73.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roundlyn Gardens area has the 13th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Petts Wood & Knoll , and the 325th 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 Roundlyn Gardens (BR5 3SD) in the last 12 months was 73.2 per 1,000 residents and was 89.0% higher than the Petts Wood & Knoll average (38.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roundlyn Gardens (BR5 3SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Scarlet Close, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Homefield Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Mary Cray| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oast House Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Batchwood Green | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Batchwood Green | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meath Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meath Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meath Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meath Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Cray | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hyde Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Scarlet Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millfields Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millfields Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oast House Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Scarlet Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meath Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Amherst Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Amherst Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sayes Court Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sayes Court Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sayes Court Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greenleigh Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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