Total Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dickens Close area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Heathrow Villages , and the 339th lowest crime rate of 801 local areas in Hillingdon .
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 Dickens Close (UB3 4ER) in the last 12 months was 59.6 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% lower than the Heathrow Villages average (528.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dickens Close (UB3 4ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bedwell Gardens, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lundy Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bushey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hoskins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleave Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croyde Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dickens Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lundy Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lundy Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lundy Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hoskins Close | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cleave Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fuller Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fuller Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moston Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ashwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ashwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cleave Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleave Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cranford Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedwell Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bushey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bushey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Savoy Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Savoy Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedwell Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cleave Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cleave Avenue | Under investigation |
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