Total Crime Rate
73.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lewgars Avenue area has the 29th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Kingsbury , and the 324th lowest crime rate of 789 local areas in Brent .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lewgars Avenue (NW9 8AS) in the last 12 months was 73.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% lower than the Kingsbury average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lewgars Avenue (NW9 8AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oak Tree Dell, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hool Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Welsh Harp| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mead Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Boycroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boycroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorne Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boycroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uphill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uphill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uphill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uphill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Green Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stewart Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stewart Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pipers Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boycroft Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baird Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barningham Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ash Tree Dell | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunningdale Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sunningdale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oak Tree Dell | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Tree Dell | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baird Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Tree Dell | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Tree Dell | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baird Close | Under investigation |
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