Total Crime Rate
564.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Orpington , and the 15th 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 0LA) in the last 12 months was 564.8 per 1,000 residents and was 435.5% higher than the Orpington average (105.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 113 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 150.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (BR6 0LA), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Viridian Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Viridian Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dryden Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dryden Way | 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 | Vehicle crime | Church Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Hart Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Footbury Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Footbury Hill Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Way | Under investigation |
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