Total Crime Rate
389.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hortus Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Norwood Green , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 964 local areas in Ealing .
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 Hortus Road (UB2 4AL) in the last 12 months was 389.5 per 1,000 residents and was 233.4% higher than the Norwood Green average (116.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 174.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hortus Road (UB2 4AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 201 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (73 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hortus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Randolph Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Randolph Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Randolph Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanson Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Osterley Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hortus Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hortus Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hortus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hortus Road | Under investigation |
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