Total Crime Rate

367.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

112.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 367.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 112.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 83.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 36.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 36.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.1 10/10
  • Other theft 25.5 10/10
  • Robbery 21.8 10/10
  • Drugs 18.2 10/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.9 9/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Edgware , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 646 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 7EE) in the last 12 months was 367.3 per 1,000 residents and was 414.6% higher than the Edgware average (71.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 112.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (HA8 7EE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 245 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Garden City Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spring Villa Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Spring Villa Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Edgware Road High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edgware Road High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garden City Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Garden City Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bacon Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Penylan Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bacon Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Heming Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Berridge Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Camrose Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Garratt Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edgware Road High Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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