Total Crime Rate

12.6 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 12.6 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Grasmere Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Preston , and the 28th lowest crime rate of 811 local areas in Brent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grasmere Avenue (HA9 8TH) in the last 12 months was 12.6 per 1,000 residents and was 79.6% lower than the Preston average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grasmere Avenue (HA9 8TH), the main crime hotspot is near College Road. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Grasmere Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mount Stewart Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambleside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manning Gardens
Sep 2025Drugs College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silverholme Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Road

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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