Total Crime Rate
42.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026East Mead area has the 57th lowest crime rate of 119 local areas in Eastcote , and the 217th lowest crime rate of 791 local areas in Hillingdon .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around East Mead (HA4 9HT) in the last 12 months was 42.7 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% lower than the Eastcote average (62.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Mead (HA4 9HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crest Gardens, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Drive (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Ruislip| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Monks Close | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Monks Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Queens Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillcroft Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Queens Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crest Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmouth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmouth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crest Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crest Gardens | — |
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