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Crime in BR3 5HT

How much crime is recorded in BR3 5HT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Neighbourhood
Shortlands Bromley Road
Council
Bromley
Region
London
Neighbourhood population
1,713 (2024)
Crime

How safe is BR3 5HT

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BR3 5HT area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
19.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

BR3 5HTNational
Burglary15.89.1
Violence and sexual offences7.323.6
Vehicle crime5.53.5
Anti-social behaviour5.510.7
Other theft2.24.5
Other crime1.61.5
Criminal damage and arson1.64.7
Drugs1.12.4
Public order0.84.6
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Theft from the person0.52.1
Shoplifting0.08.4
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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