Total Crime Rate
57.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Windermere Avenue area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Preston , and the 257th lowest crime rate of 789 local areas in Brent .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Windermere Avenue (HA9 8RB) in the last 12 months was 57.6 per 1,000 residents and was 18.9% lower than the Preston average (71.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 20.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Windermere Avenue (HA9 8RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pempath Place, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Montpelier Rise (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pempath Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Allonby Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Allonby Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coniston Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thirlmere Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Windermere Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Derwent Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derwent Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Link | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pempath Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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