Total Crime Rate

129.5 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.5 10/10
  • Drugs 20.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lechmere Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Brondesbury Park , and the 262nd highest crime rate of 811 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 Lechmere Road (NW2 5BU) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.6% higher than the Brondesbury Park average (106.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (β‰ˆ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 338.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lechmere Road (NW2 5BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newman Close, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Griffin Close (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lechmere Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Griffin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Griffin Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Griffin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Griffin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Griffin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lechmere Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lechmere Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lechmere Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newman Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lechmere Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lechmere Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Griffin Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lechmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newman Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newman Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grange Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maybury Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maybury Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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