Total Crime Rate

100.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 40.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Burglary 13.5 9/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Burnt Oak Broadway area has the 7th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Edgware , and the 168th 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 Burnt Oak Broadway (HA8 5AW) in the last 12 months was 100.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 390.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnt Oak Broadway (HA8 5AW), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 113 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Burnt Oak Broadway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Symphony Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Symphony Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Avenue —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bacon Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bacon Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Columbia Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Symphony Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Symphony Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Symphony Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Symphony Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Chase —
Apr 2026Burglary Bacon Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bacon Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Camrose Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Zodiac Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Zodiac Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Zodiac Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Penylan Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garratt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edgware Road High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Garratt Road —

Data Sources

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