Total Crime Rate
323.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burnt Oak Broadway area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Edgware , and the 29th 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 Burnt Oak Broadway (HA8 5EJ) in the last 12 months was 323.3 per 1,000 residents and was 353.0% higher than the Edgware average (71.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (β 113.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burnt Oak Broadway (HA8 5EJ), 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 | The Chase | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Road | 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 | Roscoff Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Highlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Highlands | Under investigation |
| 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 | Public order | Kenmore Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | East Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnt Oak Broadway | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kenmore Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roscoff Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnt Oak Broadway | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnt Oak Broadway | β |
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