Total Crime Rate
365.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Merrion Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Canons , and the 23rd 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 Merrion Avenue (HA7 4RT) in the last 12 months was 365.5 per 1,000 residents and was 393.4% higher than the Canons average (74.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Merrion Avenue (HA7 4RT), the main crime hotspot is near Kerry Court. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canons| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Stanmore | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aran Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanmore | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kerry Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kerry Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kerry Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kerry Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kerry Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kerry Court | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kerry Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kerry Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stanmore | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glanleam Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aran Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glanleam Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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