Crime in BR5 3BA
How much crime is recorded in BR5 3BA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- St Mary Cray North
- Council
- Bromley
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,732 (2024)
BR5 3BAOrpington
How safe is BR5 3BA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 52.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BR5 3BA area, well above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 8 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
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).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.