Total Crime Rate
313.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Orpington , and the 38th highest crime rate of 930 local areas in Bromley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (BR6 0GE) in the last 12 months was 313.2 per 1,000 residents and was 197.0% higher than the Orpington average (105.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 82.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (BR6 0GE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dryden Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aynscombe Angle | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elmcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elmcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Church Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendower Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendower Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Footbury Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Footbury Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bark Hart Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lodge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dryden Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dryden Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Old Priory Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Park View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Viridian Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Viridian Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Viridian Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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