Total Crime Rate
56.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Homefield Rise area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Orpington , and the 429th highest 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 Homefield Rise (BR6 0RL) in the last 12 months was 56.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.2% lower than the Orpington average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Homefield Rise (BR6 0RL), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Lodge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Felstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancing Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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