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Crime in BR7 5

How much crime is recorded in BR7 5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Bromley
Region
London
Population
19,001 (2024)
Crime

How safe is BR7 5

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 34.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in BR7 5, broadly in line with 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
34.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
84
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).

BR7 5National
Shoplifting22.08.4
Violence and sexual offences20.023.6
Anti-social behaviour14.710.7
Burglary13.39.1
Vehicle crime7.53.5
Public order6.04.6
Other theft5.24.5
Drugs4.12.4
Theft from the person3.82.1
Robbery3.11.4
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Bicycle theft1.61.0
Other crime1.11.5
Possession of weapons0.90.9
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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