Total Crime Rate
259.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Sudbury , and the 113th 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 High Road (HA9 7BS) in the last 12 months was 259.5 per 1,000 residents and was 247.5% higher than the Sudbury average (74.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 115.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Road (HA9 7BS), 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 | Station Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dukes Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dukes Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dukes Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dukes Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dukes Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dukes Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dukes Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wembley Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dukes Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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