Total Crime Rate
80.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 49th highest crime rate of 165 local areas in Bickley & Sundridge , and the 292nd 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 High Street (BR7 5AB) in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% higher than the Bickley & Sundridge average (55.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (BR7 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chislehurst High Street, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Viscount Mews (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chislehurst| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chislehurst High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nursery Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nursery Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chislehurst High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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