Total Crime Rate
138.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crest Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dollis Hill , and the 253rd 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 Crest Road (NW2 7SL) in the last 12 months was 138.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.8% higher than the Dollis Hill average (119.2 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crest Road (NW2 7SL), the main crime hotspot is near Warren Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dollis Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warren Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Review Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Warren Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warren Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Apsley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selsdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Homestead Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ballards Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawpool Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Review Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flowers Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flowers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shepherds Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shepherds Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Review Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flowers Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rylandes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherds Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherds Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherds Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ballards Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherds Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Circular Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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