Total Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vancouver Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Edgware , and the 101st lowest 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 Vancouver Road (HA8 5DA) in the last 12 months was 20.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.9% lower than the Edgware average (71.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (β 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vancouver Road (HA8 5DA), 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.
View Crime In Edgware| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnt Oak Broadway | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roscoff Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roscoff Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roscoff Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roscoff Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roscoff Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roscoff Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vancouver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Park Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vancouver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnt Oak Broadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnt Oak Broadway | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnt Oak Broadway | β |
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