Total Crime Rate

190.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 190.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 70.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.7 9/10
  • Other theft 29.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.1 10/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Cambridge Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Kilburn , and the 166th 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 Cambridge Road (NW6 5AJ) in the last 12 months was 190.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% lower than the Kilburn average (209.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambridge Road (NW6 5AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Carlton Vale. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Kilburn

Crime Over Time in Cambridge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oxford Road
Apr 2026Public order Carlton Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stafford Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stafford Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stafford Close
Apr 2026Drugs Malvern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Malvern Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Malvern Road
Apr 2026Public order Carlton Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stafford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Carlton Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlton Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlton Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlton Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gorefield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gorefield Place
Apr 2026Drugs Stafford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carlton Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Essendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kilburn Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kilburn Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kilburn Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kilburn Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oxford Road
Apr 2026Public order Essendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Essendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stafford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Nelson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stuart Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.