Total Crime Rate
60.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bush Grove area has the 36th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Kingsbury , and the 267th 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 Bush Grove (NW9 8QS) in the last 12 months was 60.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bush Grove (NW9 8QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Lane, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boycroft Avenue (12 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boycroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stewart Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stewart Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baird Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baird Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baird Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorne Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boycroft Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boycroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Boycroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alington Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alington Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alington Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alington Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alington Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
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