Total Crime Rate

151.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 151.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 37.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Burglary 12.6 9/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chesham Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Clock House , and the 119th highest crime rate of 930 local areas in Bromley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chesham Road (SE20 7RJ) in the last 12 months was 151.4 per 1,000 residents and was 153.6% higher than the Clock House average (59.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chesham Road (SE20 7RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Croydon Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Chesham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chesham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pelham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Avenue Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Avenue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Avenue Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ravenscroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Manston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Croydon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croydon Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croydon Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croydon Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Croydon Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Croydon Road Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Theft from the person Croydon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Otford Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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