Total Crime Rate
144.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kenneth Crescent area has the 31st highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Dollis Hill , and the 229th highest crime rate of 811 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 144.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% higher than the Dollis Hill average (115.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 89.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 214.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kenneth Crescent (NW2 4PS), the main crime hotspot is near Griffin Close. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fleetwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Pauls Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Pauls Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Helena Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Helena Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Helena Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Pauls Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Pauls Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Riffel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Griffin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lechmere Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Griffin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Griffin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linacre Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tracey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Griffin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Griffin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gardiner Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lechmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Griffin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lechmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lechmere Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Acland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lechmere Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lechmere Road | — |
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