Total Crime Rate
243.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birchington Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Kilburn , and the 175th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Birchington Road (NW6 4LJ) in the last 12 months was 243.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.4% higher than the Kilburn average (164.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 75.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birchington Road (NW6 4LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 290 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kilburn High Road (102 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kilburn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glengall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Road | — |
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