Total Crime Rate
11.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lodge Crescent area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Orpington , and the 51st lowest 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 Lodge Crescent (BR6 0QE) in the last 12 months was 11.1 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% lower than the Orpington average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lodge Crescent (BR6 0QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Viridian Mews, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Orpington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bruce Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Viridian Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mortimer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mortimer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bruce Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bruce Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Church Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bark Hart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lodge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Uplands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Viridian Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancing Road | — |
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