Crime Rates at Albany Crescent, Edgware, HA8 5AL

Albany Crescent area has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Edgware , and the 275th highest crime rate of 646 local areas in Harrow .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Albany Crescent (HA8 5AL) in the last 12 months was 62.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% lower than the Edgware average (71.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Albany Crescent (HA8 5AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Camrose Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.