It lies south of Petts Wood, west of Orpington and Broom Hill, north of Green Street Green and Farnborough, north-east of Locksbottom and east of Bromley Common.

[1] Some small-scale development occurred from 1868 following the opening of Orpington train station, and St Paul's Church, Crofton Road was built in 1887 (later rebuilt in 1958).

To the north-west lies Crofton Wood, which is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

[1][2] Crofton falls within the London Borough of Bromley and is in the Orpington Parliament constituency.

[4] Demographic data is produced by the Office for National Statistics for the Farnborough and Crofton ward.