Total Crime Rate
129.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beechcroft Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in North Harrow , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 650 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 Beechcroft Avenue (HA2 7JD) in the last 12 months was 129.7 per 1,000 residents and was 172.0% higher than the North Harrow average (47.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beechcroft Avenue (HA2 7JD), the main crime hotspot is near Rayners Lane. Police recorded 127 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayners Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayners Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Rayners Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rayners Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rayners Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rayners Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rayners Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rayners Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rayners Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Imperial Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakington Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apple Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apple Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apple Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apple Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apple Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayners Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Imperial Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayners Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Imperial Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Imperial Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Imperial Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Imperial Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Imperial Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rayners Lane | — |
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