Total Crime Rate
218.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willesden Lane area has the 16th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Kilburn , and the 138th 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 Willesden Lane (NW6 7TA) in the last 12 months was 218.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% higher than the Kilburn average (209.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 66.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willesden Lane (NW6 7TA), the main crime hotspot is near Dyne Road. Police recorded 148 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kilburn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kenilworth Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Aldershot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Espalier Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Espalier Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Espalier Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Espalier Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Espalier Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aldershot Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldershot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Esmond Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Park Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Buckley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Priory Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Park Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Park Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Burton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Drakes Courtyard | Under investigation |
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