Total Crime Rate
401.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oaklands Road area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Cricklewood & Mapesbury , and the 56th 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 Oaklands Road (NW2 6DG) in the last 12 months was 401.8 per 1,000 residents and was 276.4% higher than the Cricklewood & Mapesbury average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 110.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 136.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oaklands Road (NW2 6DG), the main crime hotspot is near Stanley Gardens. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cricklewood & Mapesbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sylvan Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Edward Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cricklewood Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cricklewood Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dawson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichele Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichele Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chichele Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sheldon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ashford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walm Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Blackstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walm Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walm Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walm Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Larch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaklands Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stanley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stanley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stanley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackstone Road | — |
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