Total Crime Rate

29.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 29.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 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
  • Other theft 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
  • Theft from the person 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

Wiverton Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Penge & Cator , and the 235th lowest crime rate of 930 local areas in Bromley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wiverton Road (SE26 5JB) in the last 12 months was 29.4 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% lower than the Penge & Cator average (135.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wiverton Road (SE26 5JB), the main crime hotspot is near Queensthorpe Mews. Police recorded 178 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wiverton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Raymond Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Linden Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bredhurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Copeman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sydenham Station Approach —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sydenham Station Approach —
Sep 2025Burglary Sydenham Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Venner Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Penge East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Sydenham Station Approach Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Lyric Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bailey Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bailey Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sydenham Station Approach Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Maitland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maitland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newlands Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Newlands Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Venner Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyric Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Homecroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tarragon Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tarragon Grove —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tannsfeld Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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