Total Crime Rate
171.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Canons , and the 68th highest crime rate of 646 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 171.8 per 1,000 residents and was 131.9% higher than the Canons average (74.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (β 74.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% 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 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edgware Road High Street (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edgware| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Approach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peachy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Approach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Forumside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ballards Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garden City | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Drive | Under investigation |
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