Total Crime Rate
323.3 per 1,000
All offences · 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 5EP) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 5EP), the main crime hotspot is near Market Lane. Police recorded 193 crimes here, including 57 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 | Vehicle crime | Barnfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Limesdale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limesdale Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Limesdale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Limesdale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Limesdale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limesdale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchwood Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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