Total Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lennard Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Penge & Cator , and the 275th 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 Lennard Road (SE20 7LY) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% lower than the Penge & Cator average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lennard Road (SE20 7LY), the main crime hotspot is near Thesiger Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Penge & Cator| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thesiger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thesiger Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thesiger Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thesiger Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Somerville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thesiger Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Somerville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thesiger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thesiger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kent House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thesiger Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whateley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whateley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hardings Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whateley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torr Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardings Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whateley Road | Under investigation |
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