Total Crime Rate
84.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brantwood Way area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Mary's & St James , and the 213th 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 Brantwood Way (BR5 3WB) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 7.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 10.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brantwood Way (BR5 3WB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hearns Road (20 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 | Drugs | Hythe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ethelbert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mayfly Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springvale Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hearns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montbretia Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craylands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hythe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hythe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Doveney Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Doveney Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Penshurst Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penshurst Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hearns Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hearns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ethelbert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hearns Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Withens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Okemore Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calvin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calvin Close | Under investigation |
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