Total Crime Rate

241.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

59.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 241.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 59.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.7 10/10
  • Other theft 25.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Other crime 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Purves Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Harlesden & Kensal Green , and the 125th highest crime rate of 789 local areas in Brent .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Purves Road (NW10 5TE) in the last 12 months was 241.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% higher than the Harlesden & Kensal Green average (180.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 59.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Purves Road (NW10 5TE), the main crime hotspot is near Hazel Road. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Purves Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft St Margaret'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Margaret'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Felixstowe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime College Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Leighton Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Margaret'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Felixstowe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Margaret'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hiley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Kensal Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Doyle Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Greyhound Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Herbert Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Herbert Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hazel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Herbert Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hazel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Margaret'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Felixstowe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Felixstowe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clifford Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leigh Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ravensworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Clifford Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clifford Gardens —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Buchanan Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Felixstowe Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ashburnham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buchanan Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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