Total Crime Rate

70.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

4.1 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 70.0 6/10
  • Burglary 20.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 4.1 1/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Shorts Croft area has the 30th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Kingsbury , and the 310th 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 Shorts Croft (NW9 9AP) in the last 12 months was 70.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.7% lower than the Kingsbury average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shorts Croft (NW9 9AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roe End, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bacon Lane (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shorts Croft area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Roe End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bacon Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Avenue —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tennyson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Byron Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goldsmith Lane —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Park Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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