Total Crime Rate
115.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Polesteeple Hill area has the 6th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Biggin Hill , and the 182nd 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 Polesteeple Hill (TN16 3TG) in the last 12 months was 115.8 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% higher than the Biggin Hill average (67.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Polesteeple Hill (TN16 3TG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsmead, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Biggin Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King George Vi Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forgefield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forgefield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Ridings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stock Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Homeland Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stock Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hillcrest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lebanon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merryhills Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merryhills Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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