Total Crime Rate
143.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cricklewood Broadway area has the 7th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Cricklewood & Mapesbury , and the 240th highest crime rate of 789 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 Cricklewood Broadway (NW2 3HS) in the last 12 months was 143.5 per 1,000 residents and was 37.1% higher than the Cricklewood & Mapesbury average (104.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cricklewood Broadway (NW2 3HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hassop Road, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Yew Grove (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cricklewood & Mapesbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oaklands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cricklewood Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chichele Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chichele Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chichele Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chichele Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oaklands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Howard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cricklewood Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cricklewood Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yew Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yew Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yew Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heber Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Yew Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oaklands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oaklands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Yew Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kara Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kara Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kara Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kara Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kara Way | Under investigation |
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