Total Crime Rate
141.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sefton Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Harrow Weald , and the 99th highest crime rate of 646 local areas in Harrow .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sefton Avenue (HA3 5JP) in the last 12 months was 141.8 per 1,000 residents and was 58.4% higher than the Harrow Weald average (89.5 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 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 Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 69.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sefton Avenue (HA3 5JP), the main crime hotspot is near High Road. Police recorded 162 crimes here, including 31 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 | Anti-social behaviour | A409 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitefriars Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Astall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weald Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicola Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farmstead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Astall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alma Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | A409 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Astall Close | — |
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