Total Crime Rate
50.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Melrose Close area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 114 local areas in Belmore , and the 260th lowest crime rate of 791 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 50.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.8% lower than the Belmore average (90.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 19.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.7% 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 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marshall Drive (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Belmore| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chaucer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaucer Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Warley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairholme Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fairholme Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spencer Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pine Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gledwood Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marshall Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marshall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burns Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jonson Close | Under investigation |
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