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Crime in BR6 0

How much crime is recorded in BR6 0, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Bromley
Region
London
Population
20,125 (2024)
Crime

How safe is BR6 0

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 24.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in BR6 0, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
24.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
61
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).

BR6 0National
Shoplifting17.78.4
Burglary14.09.1
Violence and sexual offences13.323.6
Anti-social behaviour12.710.7
Vehicle crime6.13.5
Public order4.34.6
Other theft3.64.5
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Robbery2.21.4
Theft from the person2.22.1
Drugs1.82.4
Other crime1.01.5
Bicycle theft1.01.0
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025

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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