Total Crime Rate
29.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Croft Close area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Chislehurst , and the 245th 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 Croft Close (BR7 6EX) in the last 12 months was 29.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% lower than the Chislehurst average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Croft Close (BR7 6EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cattistock Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Offenham Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elmstead Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Framlingham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Offenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Storth Oaks Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morston Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranmore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mells Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Framlingham Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Framlingham Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Framlingham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Offenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Keverne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cattistock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cattistock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayside Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayside Grove | Under investigation |
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