Total Crime Rate

250.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

77.1 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 250.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 113.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 77.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.1 9/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Burglary 12.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 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.
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Crime overview

Cambridge 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cambridge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlton Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Carlton Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chippenham Gardens —
Apr 2026Drugs Malvern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Malvern Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Malvern Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chippenham Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlton Vale —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carlton Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Carlton Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chippenham Gardens 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 2026Vehicle crime Gorefield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gorefield Place —
Apr 2026Burglary Essendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chippenham Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shirland Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Chippenham Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Essendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shirland Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stafford Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stuart Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stafford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stafford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kilburn Park —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stafford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stafford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stafford Close —

Data Sources

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