Total Crime Rate
201.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cricklewood Broadway area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Cricklewood & Mapesbury , and the 147th highest crime rate of 811 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 Cricklewood Broadway (NW2 3JR) in the last 12 months was 201.3 per 1,000 residents and was 88.6% higher than the Cricklewood & Mapesbury average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 80.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 192.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cricklewood Broadway (NW2 3JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Yew Grove, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cricklewood Broadway (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Anson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sheldon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elm Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cricklewood Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cricklewood Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyes Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walm Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichele Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichele Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chichele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oak Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Skardu Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cricklewood Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cricklewood Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaklands Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walm Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Yew Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebbsfleet Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebbsfleet Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvan Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sylvan Grove | Under investigation |
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