Total Crime Rate
271.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Abbey Trading Estate area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Penge & Cator , and the 47th highest crime rate of 930 local areas in Bromley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Abbey Trading Estate (SE26 5TW) in the last 12 months was 271.5 per 1,000 residents and was 101.0% higher than the Penge & Cator average (135.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 63.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbey Trading Estate (SE26 5TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Winchfield Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bell Green Lane (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Penge & Cator| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kent House Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Porthcawe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burnham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kangley Bridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricket Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cricket Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kent House Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stanton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stanton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Fairview Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fairview Close | Under investigation |
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