Total Crime Rate

102.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 29.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lechmere Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brondesbury Park , and the 353rd highest crime rate of 789 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 102.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% higher than the Brondesbury Park average (102.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 214.8% 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 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Road (47 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
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Griffin Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lechmere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Windsor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windsor Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windsor Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windsor Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windsor Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windsor Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Eden Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Churchill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Churchill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchill Road
Apr 2026Robbery Grange Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grange Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grange Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Eden Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lechmere Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Linacre Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs St Andrews Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Richmond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Gardens
Apr 2026Shoplifting Richmond Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Andrews Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Richmond Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Griffin Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Buxton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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