Total Crime Rate
20.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Whitchurch Parade area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Canons , and the 96th lowest crime rate of 650 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 Whitchurch Parade (HA8 6LR) in the last 12 months was 20.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% lower than the Canons average (69.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitchurch Parade (HA8 6LR), the main crime hotspot is near Edgware Road High Street. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canons| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lodge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Forumside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgware Road High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chandos Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ballards Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forumside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forumside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forumside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forumside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Handel Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgware Road High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Edgware Road High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edgware Road High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edgware Road High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Winton Gardens | Under investigation |
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