Total Crime Rate

306.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 306.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 95.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Other theft 43.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.2 9/10
  • Robbery 28.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Elmstead Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Preston , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 811 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 Elmstead Avenue (HA9 8NS) in the last 12 months was 306.7 per 1,000 residents and was 397.6% higher than the Preston average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmstead Avenue (HA9 8NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Preston Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Elmstead Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Preston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Preston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oxenpark Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxenpark Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elmstead Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aylands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Aylands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Aylands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Preston Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Avenue East Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Preston Waye —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Uxendon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Uxendon Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Uxendon Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Preston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlton Avenue East —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

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