Total Crime Rate

160.5 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 160.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.4 9/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 1.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Canons , and the 72nd 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 High Street (HA8 7DB) in the last 12 months was 160.5 per 1,000 residents and was 131.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (β‰ˆ 61.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (HA8 7DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Approach Road, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edgware Road High Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Park Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Montgomery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Approach Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgware Road High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edgware Road High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Edgware Road High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Edgware Road High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edgware Road High Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Garden City Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Garden City Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Park Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Garden City Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fernhurst Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Ridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Approach Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Approach Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Approach Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Approach Road β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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