Total Crime Rate

124.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.3 7/10
  • Drugs 18.3 10/10
  • Other theft 18.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 11.0 9/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitchurch Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Canons , and the 111th 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 Whitchurch Lane (HA8 6QD) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.4% higher 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitchurch Lane (HA8 6QD), 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.

Crime Over Time in Whitchurch Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edgware Road High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Edgware Road High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Chandos Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Edgware Road High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edgware Road High Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ballards Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Handel Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgware Road High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Montgomery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buckingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lodge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fernhurst Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Edgware Road High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fernhurst Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buckingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Winton Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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