Total Crime Rate
229.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Forty Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Barnhill , and the 122nd 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 Forty Avenue (HA9 8RS) in the last 12 months was 229.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.3% higher than the Barnhill average (140.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forty Avenue (HA9 8RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elmstead Avenue, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wembley Park Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bowling Green Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elliot Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mayfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Matthews Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mayfields Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bowling Green Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bowling Green Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bowling Green Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bowling Green Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mayfields Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mayfields Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elmside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elmside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hillview Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillview Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mayfields Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elliot Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mayfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mayfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mayfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mayfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wembley Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wembley Park Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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