Total Crime Rate
137.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kenneth Crescent area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dollis Hill , and the 254th highest crime rate of 789 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 Kenneth Crescent (NW2 4PS) in the last 12 months was 137.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% higher than the Dollis Hill average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 81.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kenneth Crescent (NW2 4PS), the main crime hotspot is near Griffin Close. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Willesden Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Riffel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lechmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elvis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Geary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Riffel Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oman Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lechmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gardiner Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Pauls Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Imperial Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Pauls Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linacre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jeymer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Buxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Avenue North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elvis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elvis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elvis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Helena Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Avenue North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Avenue North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elvis Road | — |
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