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Crime in BR5 2

How much crime is recorded in BR5 2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Bromley
Region
London
Population
24,680 (2024)
Crime

How safe is BR5 2

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 35.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in BR5 2, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
35.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
75
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).

BR5 2National
Violence and sexual offences21.123.6
Anti-social behaviour16.510.7
Burglary12.39.1
Vehicle crime9.73.5
Public order5.14.6
Shoplifting4.98.4
Criminal damage and arson4.44.7
Other theft3.94.5
Drugs3.52.4
Robbery1.61.4
Other crime1.21.5
Theft from the person0.72.1
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
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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