Total Crime Rate
250.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambridge Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Kilburn , and the 120th 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 5FL) in the last 12 months was 250.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% higher than the Kilburn average (209.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 77.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 130.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Road (NW6 5FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chippenham Road, where police recorded 181 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carlton Vale (39 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 | Carlton Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carlton Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chippenham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Malvern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chippenham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlton Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carlton Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chippenham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carlton Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gorefield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorefield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Essendine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chippenham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chippenham Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Essendine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stafford Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stuart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stafford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kilburn Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stafford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stafford Close | — |
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