Total Crime Rate
206.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lancing Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Orpington , and the 79th highest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lancing Road (BR6 0QT) in the last 12 months was 206.3 per 1,000 residents and was 97.3% higher than the Orpington average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lancing Road (BR6 0QT), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Orpington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Juglans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Uplands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lodge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Juglans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Juglans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Juglans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Juglans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maltby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maltby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Berwick Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Berwick Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Berwick Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Berwick Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Berwick Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Augustus Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Augustus Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Augustus Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Augustus Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Augustus Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Augustus Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Augustus Lane | — |
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