Total Crime Rate
30.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stratton Close area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Canons , and the 166th 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 Stratton Close (HA8 6PL) in the last 12 months was 30.8 per 1,000 residents and was 58.5% lower than the Canons average (74.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stratton Close (HA8 6PL), the main crime hotspot is near Mead Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canons| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitchurch Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitchurch Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gresham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merlin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merlin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitchurch Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitchurch Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitchurch Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Winton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Montgomery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Close | — |
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