Crime Rates at Willesden Lane, London, NW2 5RE

Willesden Lane area has the 38th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brondesbury Park , and the 331st 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 Willesden Lane (NW2 5RE) in the last 12 months was 108.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% higher than the Brondesbury Park average (102.6 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willesden Lane (NW2 5RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Parade, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lydford Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.