Total Crime Rate
222.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Vale area has the 5th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Harrow on the Hill , and the 49th highest crime rate of 646 local areas in Harrow .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around South Vale (HA1 3PH) in the last 12 months was 222.7 per 1,000 residents and was 123.2% higher than the Harrow on the Hill average (99.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Vale (HA1 3PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sudbury Hill, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cavendish Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Harrow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Hill Harrow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cavendish Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Hill Harrow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cavendish Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cavendish Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sudbury Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sudbury Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sudbury Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sudbury Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tower Bridge Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudbury Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tower Bridge Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tower Bridge Mews | Under investigation |
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