London · Neighbourhood crime trends

London Bromley (west)

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighbourhood, Bromley (west), Q1 2023 to Q2 2026
Creator: CrimesLog

20 neighbourhoods - a quarterly race to the lowest crime rate.

Crime Trends: Neighbourhoods compared - each quarter from Q1 2023

London as a whole averaged 28.0 crimes for every 1,000 residents per quarter in Q2 2026, while west Bromley averaged 22.7 (leaving out 1 place with almost no residents), hence it is generally safer when all crimes are considered.

How do the 20 neighbourhoods of west Bromley compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 3,864 crimes across them, 22.7 for every 1,000 residents. That is 0.5% above a year earlier and 11.1% above Q1 2023, the first quarter we track.

Shortlands has the lowest rate of the everyday neighbourhoods (10.8 per 1,000), followed by Birkbeck (12.5) and Avenue Road (13.2). Penge West has the highest (53.4).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 20 LONDON BROMLEY (WEST) NEIGHBOURHOODs race across 14 quarter periods from Q1 2023 to Q2 2026 - one crime category at a time or all together. The race chart can be used to compare average crime rates by category against London's average.

Neighbourhood areas derived by CrimesLog from rail station locations (NaPTAN, Department for Transport) and OS Open Names. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024; contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

A little history

Bromley (west) in London. London has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years; its ancient core, the City of London, was founded by the Romans as Londinium. Bromley (west) lies in the London Borough of Bromley, the largest and southeasternmost borough in London, which was part of Kent until 1965. The area is suburban, with stations on the Chatham Main Line.

Notable neighbourhoods in Bromley (west) include:

Crystal Palace and Anerley. Crystal Palace is named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building, which stood in the area from 1854 until it was destroyed by fire in 1936. The area includes one of the highest points in London. Anerley is a suburb of south-east London, and its northern edge contains part of the area commonly known as Crystal Palace.

Beckenham Junction and Shortlands. Beckenham Junction is the main railway and tram station in its area, on the Chatham Main Line between Kent House and Shortlands; its tram stop is one of the eastern termini of Tramlink. Shortlands is a suburb of south-east London, part of Greater London since 1965 and previously in the historic county of Kent.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Shortlands

10.8 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Penge West

53.4 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

22.7 per 1,000

0.5% above a year earlier ·

11.1% above Q1 2023

Compared

20 neighbourhoods

169,942 residents · 14 quarters

London Bromley (west) neighbourhood quarterly crime race

Press ▶︎ to watch Q1 2023 to Q2 2026. Tick one crime category or several; hover a bar for the neighbourhood. Property crimes includes burglaries and thefts.

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Shortlands Station, Shortlands — **Shortlands** · Shortlands Station
Photo: satguru, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr

Avenue Road, London (December 2023) 10, Avenue Road — **Avenue Road** · Avenue Road, London (December 2023) 10
Photo: DiscoA340, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

End of the Road (for Today), West Wickham — **West Wickham** · End of the Road (for Today)
Photo: shirokazan, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr

Boat Trip: Ravensbourne to London Eye, Ravensbourne — **Ravensbourne** · Boat Trip: Ravensbourne to London Eye
Photo: franksteiner, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr

Beckenham Buildings 2, New Beckenham — **New Beckenham** · Beckenham Buildings 2
Photo: Blue Square Thing, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sundridge Park Station, Sundridge Park — **Sundridge Park** · Sundridge Park Station
Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr

Penge Nails 123 Penge High Street 2024-11-20, Penge East — **Penge East** · Penge Nails 123 Penge High Street 2024-11-20
Photo: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Anerley House, Anerley, South-East London, Anerley — **Anerley** · Anerley House, Anerley, South-East London
Photo: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr

How neighbourhoods moved each quarter

2023

Whole-area crime rate 20.5 to 22.6 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2023).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Keston 6th→1st (Q2) moved down Beckenham Road 2nd→7th (Q2) Birkbeck 13th→8th (Q2) New Beckenham 7th→14th (Q2) New Beckenham 14th→2nd (Q3) Clock House 5th→11th (Q3) Beckenham Road 8th→2nd (Q4)

2024

Whole-area crime rate 21.0 to 23.0 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2024).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Avenue Road 6th→1st (Q1) moved down New Beckenham 3rd→8th (Q1) New Beckenham 8th→3rd (Q2) Avenue Road 1st→8th (Q2) Penge East 18th→12th (Q2) Anerley 14th→19th (Q2) Beckenham Road 7th→3rd (Q3) Sundridge Park 11th→5th (Q3) Keston 2nd→11th (Q3) Penge East 12th→17th (Q3) moved up Keston 11th→6th (Q4) moved down Sundridge Park 5th→11th (Q4) Kent House 15th→19th (Q4)

2025

Whole-area crime rate 20.9 to 23.7 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2025).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Eden Park 9th→5th (Q1) Sundridge Park 11th→7th (Q1) moved down Birkbeck 7th→11th (Q1) Keston 6th→12th (Q1) Penge East 17th→13th (Q1) Penge West 13th→18th (Q1) Beckenham Road 1st→6th (Q2) Avenue Road 8th→12th (Q2) Beckenham Road 6th→1st (Q3) New Beckenham 1st→6th (Q3) moved up Keston 9th→1st (Q4) Sundridge Park 10th→6th (Q4) moved down New Beckenham 6th→11th (Q4) Ravensbourne 7th→12th (Q4)

2026

Whole-area crime rate 20.4 to 22.7 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2026). 2 quarters so far.

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up New Beckenham 11th→3rd (Q1) Ravensbourne 12th→6th (Q1) moved down Sundridge Park 6th→11th (Q1) Beckenham Road 2nd→12th (Q1) Birkbeck 10th→3rd (Q2) Avenue Road 8th→4th (Q2) New Beckenham 3rd→9th (Q2) Bromley South 19th→15th (Q2)

Reported Safety Incidents

In Q2 2026: violent incidents were 33% (1,284), property incidents were 28% (1,081), public order incidents were 27% (1,030) and vehicle crimes were 12% (469).

Recorded crime here is grouped into violent crime, property crime (burglary and theft), vehicle crime and public order offences, so you can compare how safe each neighbourhood is for the kind of crime that matters to you.

Places we left out, and places to read with care

Left out: Tatsfield. They have almost no residents: their crimes are against visitors, so a rate per resident says little about living there.

Keston (10.3 per 1,000 from 11 crimes among 1,070 residents) and Beckenham Road (27.7 per 1,000 from 39 crimes among 1,407 residents) are places with few residents (under 3,000): a rate on so few people says little about living there, so they are not named as the lowest or highest.

The 20 neighbourhoods on the map

Bromley (west) is made of 20 neighbourhoods compared here, each in its own colour on the map. They are neighbourhood areas derived by CrimesLog from rail station locations and OS Open Names: 169,942 residents between them.

Anerley
Avenue Road
Beckenham Junction
Beckenham Road
Birkbeck
Bromley North
Bromley South
Clock House
Crystal Palace
Eden Park
Elmers End
Kent House
Keston
New Beckenham
Penge East
Penge West
Ravensbourne
Shortlands
Sundridge Park
West Wickham

All 20 neighbourhoods, Q2 2026

Crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026, lowest first. The last two columns compare with Q1 2023.
#	Neighbourhood	Residents	All	Violent	Property	Vehicle	Public order	Rate vs Q1 2023	Places gained
1	Keston †	1,070	10.3	4.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	27%	5
2	Shortlands	10,247	10.8	3.9	2.2	1.8	2.9	14%	1
3	Birkbeck	5,262	12.5	3.6	3.6	2.5	2.9	39%	10
4	Avenue Road	3,486	13.2	3.7	2.0	3.2	4.3	28%	1
5	West Wickham	31,783	15.5	5.8	4.4	2.0	3.3	30%	1
6	Ravensbourne	8,475	16.5	5.1	2.6	4.7	4.1	5%	4
7	Eden Park	10,685	17.0	4.8	6.0	2.3	3.9	11%	1
8	Clock House	5,751	17.4	4.2	4.5	4.7	4.0	41%	3
9	New Beckenham	3,175	17.6	4.4	2.5	5.7	5.0	19%	2
10	Elmers End	6,540	17.7	6.3	3.8	2.6	5.0	21%	4
11	Sundridge Park	9,624	20.4	7.7	2.6	4.0	6.1	15%	–
12	Penge East	5,929	22.8	5.9	5.4	2.9	8.6	33%	6
13	Anerley	11,216	23.5	8.9	4.5	2.4	7.7	15%	1
14	Beckenham Road †	1,407	27.7	9.9	2.8	6.4	8.5	179%	12
15	Bromley South	17,965	29.8	9.6	10.8	1.5	7.9	15%	4
16	Beckenham Junction	11,136	30.1	9.1	11.0	2.5	7.5	77%	7
17	Crystal Palace	9,741	32.9	13.2	7.8	3.5	8.3	18%	–
18	Kent House	4,247	33.7	8.7	10.8	5.4	8.7	36%	3
19	Bromley North	8,572	44.7	14.9	12.9	1.9	14.9	7%	1
20	Penge West	3,631	53.4	16.0	23.7	4.4	9.4	100%	4

† Keston and Beckenham Road are places with few residents. A rate on a very small number of residents or crimes is not comparable with the others.

Photographs

34 photographs of the 20 neighbourhoods run along the reel; click one to see it full size. Each is credited here and under the large view.

All 34 photographs and their credits

Shortlands · Shortlands Station. Photo: satguru, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Avenue Road · Avenue Road, London (December 2023) 10. Photo: DiscoA340, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Wickham · End of the Road (for Today). Photo: shirokazan, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Ravensbourne · Boat Trip: Ravensbourne to London Eye. Photo: franksteiner, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
New Beckenham · Beckenham Buildings 2. Photo: Blue Square Thing, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sundridge Park · Sundridge Park Station. Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Penge East · Penge Nails 123 Penge High Street 2024-11-20. Photo: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Anerley · Anerley House, Anerley, South-East London. Photo: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Beckenham Road · 24 Barnmead Road, London, May 2021. Photo: TheFrog001, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Beckenham Junction · Beckenham Junction Station 3. Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Crystal Palace · Brown & Green Cafe Crystal Palace Station 2024-11-20. Photo: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Kent House · 27 Barnmead Road, London, May 2021. Photo: TheFrog001, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bromley North · Bromley Town Hall in 2008. Photo: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Shortlands · Shortlands Platform. Photo: satguru, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
West Wickham · West Wickham Shops. Photo: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Ravensbourne · Boat Trip: Ravensbourne to London Eye. Photo: franksteiner, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
New Beckenham · Beckenham Buildings. Photo: Blue Square Thing, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Penge East · Penge Angel Clock. Photo: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Crystal Palace · Blowing Dandelion Crystal Palace 2025-04-25. Photo: Roy Katzenberg, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bromley North · Bromley North Station. Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
West Wickham · Bridle Road, West Wickham. Photo: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Ravensbourne · The Ravensbourne Arms. Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
New Beckenham · Housing at Beckenham. Photo: Blue Square Thing, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Penge East · Penge Clock with Coronation Buntin. Photo: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Crystal Palace · Crystal Palace Park. Photo: Ben124., CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Bromley North · Outside Bromley North Station on Last Day of 402 Running to Bromley. Photo: gravyphig, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
New Beckenham · Beckenham Pavilion. Photo: Blue Square Thing, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Crystal Palace · Crystal Palace Station. Photo: Matt From London, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Crystal Palace · The Crystal Palace Transmitting Station Mast - London.. Photo: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Crystal Palace · London's Great Exhibition of 1851 at the Crystal Palace. Photo: Special Collections at Johns Hopkins University, Public domain · Flickr
Crystal Palace · Four Boroughs, Crystal Palace, London. Photo: Bex.Walton, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Crystal Palace · Crystal Palace. Photo: M McBey, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Crystal Palace · File:2005-07-01 - United Kingdom - England - London - Crystal Palace - Crystal Palace Transmitter - Crystal Palace Sports Centre.jpg. Photo: C. G. P. Grey, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Crystal Palace · Television Transmitter Mast At Crystal Palace Park - London.. Photo: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr

Sources and notes

CrimesLog sources crime incident data as published by the UK Home Office through their national data portal at data.police.uk and licensed under their Open Government Licence v3.0. Reported crime incidents originate from individual Territorial Police Forces of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Contains ONS data © Crown copyright and database right. Contains NISRA data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rates are recorded crimes per 1,000 residents, quarter by quarter; where a neighbourhood has fewer than 100 residents the rate would be worked out on 100 (those places are left out of the race). A count of recorded crime is not a verdict on any neighbourhood.