Crime Rates at Lavender Avenue, London, NW9 8HE

Lavender Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Kingsbury , and the 79th lowest crime rate of 789 local areas in Brent .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lavender Avenue (NW9 8HE) in the last 12 months was 26.1 per 1,000 residents and was 69.6% lower than the Kingsbury average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 9.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lavender Avenue (NW9 8HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merley Court (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.