Total Crime Rate
122.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Homefield Rise area has the 9th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Orpington , and the 170th highest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Homefield Rise (BR6 0RU) in the last 12 months was 122.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.1% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Homefield Rise (BR6 0RU), 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 | Public order | Mortimer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Juglans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bruce Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Uplands 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 | Burglary | Bruce Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bruce Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mortimer Road | — |
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