Total Crime Rate
401.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Central Square area has the 8th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Alperton , and the 56th highest crime rate of 789 local areas in Brent .
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 Central Square (HA9 7AH) in the last 12 months was 401.5 per 1,000 residents and was 206.3% higher than the Alperton average (131.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 139.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 136.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Central Square (HA9 7AH), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 606 crimes here, including 236 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wembley Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Montrose Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealing Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wembley Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wembley Central | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wembley Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wembley Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wembley Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wembley Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montrose Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montrose Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montrose Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montrose Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Montrose Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wembley Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Copland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Union Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rosemead Avenue | Under investigation |
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