Total Crime Rate
22.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Longfield Avenue area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Preston , and the 61st lowest crime rate of 789 local areas in Brent .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Longfield Avenue (HA9 8PP) in the last 12 months was 22.0 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% lower than the Preston average (71.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Longfield Avenue (HA9 8PP), the main crime hotspot is near Preston Road. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Preston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Waye | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Waye | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Waye | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Preston Waye | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Preston Waye | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Preston Waye | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Preston Waye | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Preston Waye | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Preston Waye | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Preston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Preston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Preston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pellatt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Uxendon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Uxendon Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Logan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlton Avenue East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Preston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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