Total Crime Rate

97.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

18.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 18.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 5/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Montana Gardens area has the 18th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Beckenham Town & Copers Cope , and the 228th highest crime rate of 928 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 Montana Gardens (SE26 5BF) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% lower than the Beckenham Town & Copers Cope average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Montana Gardens (SE26 5BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fambridge Close, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Worsley Bridge Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Montana Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Worsley Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Close
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Burnham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Purbeck Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Purbeck Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Purbeck Gardens
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Montana Gardens
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadowview Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadowview Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worsley Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worsley Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worsley Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worsley Bridge Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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