Total Crime Rate
101.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oman Avenue area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Cricklewood & Mapesbury , and the 358th highest crime rate of 789 local areas in Brent .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oman Avenue (NW2 6BB) in the last 12 months was 101.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% lower than the Cricklewood & Mapesbury average (104.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oman Avenue (NW2 6BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Avenue North, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Imperial Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cricklewood & Mapesbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Helena Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Avenue North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gardiner Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Imperial Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dicey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dicey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Geary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Helena Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Avenue North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Avenue North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Avenue North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Avenue North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oman Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alan Coren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dicey Avenue | Under investigation |
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