Total Crime Rate
117.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gainsborough Gardens area has the 4th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Centenary , and the 124th highest crime rate of 650 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 Gainsborough Gardens (HA8 5TB) in the last 12 months was 117.1 per 1,000 residents and was 171.4% higher than the Centenary average (43.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gainsborough Gardens (HA8 5TB), the main crime hotspot is near Queensbury Station Parade. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Centenary| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gainsborough Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mollison Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensbury Station Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensbury Station Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensbury Station Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensbury Station Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Queensbury Station Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensbury Station Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensbury Station Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensbury Station Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensbury Station Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cotman Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cotman Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cotman Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cotman Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mollison Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mollison Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tenby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gainsborough Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millais Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waltham Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whistler Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whistler Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waltham Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Croxden Close | Local resolution |
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