Total Crime Rate
131.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambridge Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Headstone , and the 114th highest crime rate of 646 local areas in Harrow .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cambridge Road (HA2 7LB) in the last 12 months was 131.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% higher than the Headstone average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -63.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 52.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 232.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Road (HA2 7LB), the main crime hotspot is near South Way. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Harrow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodlands | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Betjeman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thrush Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thrush Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodlands | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mount Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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