Total Crime Rate

50.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

19.9 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 50.9 5/10
  • Violent crimes 19.9 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Melrose 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.

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Crime Over Time in Melrose Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Keats Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chaucer Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chaucer Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Warley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairholme Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Fairholme Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Spencer Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Keats Close
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pine Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warley Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Keats Close
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gledwood Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Marshall Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Marshall Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burns Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Keats Close
Apr 2026Burglary Jonson Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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