Total Crime Rate
48.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Melrose Close area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 114 local areas in Belmore , and the 261st 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 Melrose Close (UB4 0AZ) in the last 12 months was 48.7 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% lower than the Belmore average (85.2 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melrose Close (UB4 0AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warley Avenue, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marshall Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Belmore| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Warley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Warley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Warley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaucer Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Spencer Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spencer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Warley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Warley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warley Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burns Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melrose Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gledwood Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gledwood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Keats Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Warley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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