Total Crime Rate

431.8 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 431.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 134.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Public order 32.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Robbery 22.3 10/10
  • Other theft 19.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.4 9/10
  • Drugs 14.9 9/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Poplar Grove area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Barnhill , and the 49th 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 Poplar Grove (HA9 9DB) in the last 12 months was 431.8 per 1,000 residents and was 207.3% higher than the Barnhill average (140.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 116.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poplar Grove (HA9 9DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kelly Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Poplar Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbird Hill Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbird Hill Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Coombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Quainton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Quainton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Coombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daisy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Church Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kelly Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kelly Close
Sep 2025Drugs Kelly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kelly Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Verney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lawrence Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quainton Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Walk
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Drugs Demeta Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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