Total Crime Rate
93.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gardiner Avenue area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Cricklewood & Mapesbury , and the 380th 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 Gardiner Avenue (NW2 4AN) in the last 12 months was 93.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gardiner Avenue (NW2 4AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elvis Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Astley Avenue (22 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dicey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dicey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elvis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elvis Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Riffel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Riffel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blenheim Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gardiner Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elvis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elvis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dicey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elvis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Astley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Imperial Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jeymer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oman Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agave Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Road | — |
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