Total Crime Rate
140.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cranford Drive area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Heathrow Villages , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 801 local areas in Hillingdon .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cranford Drive (UB3 4LD) in the last 12 months was 140.5 per 1,000 residents and was 73.4% lower than the Heathrow Villages average (528.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranford Drive (UB3 4LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wilkins Close, where police recorded 36 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 | Cleave Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fuller Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wilkins Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilkins Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Phelps Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Phelps Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Phelps Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Phelps Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Dunstans Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cranford Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ashwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ashwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moston Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Phelps Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fuller Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleave Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hoskins Close | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cleave Avenue | 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 | Vehicle crime | Cleave Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croyde Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Burglary | Dickens Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hoskins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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