Total Crime Rate
414.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Edgware , and the 13th highest crime rate of 650 local areas in Harrow .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (HA8 7DD) in the last 12 months was 414.6 per 1,000 residents and was 514.4% higher than the Edgware average (67.5 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 Burglary with 3 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 181.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (HA8 7DD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 277 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forumside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Approach Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Forumside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Handel Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gideon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Approach Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Approach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Approach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Approach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgware Road High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Edgware Road High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edgware Road High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edgware Road High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgware Road High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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