Total Crime Rate
466.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Downing Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Central Greenford , and the 30th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Ealing .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Downing Drive (UB6 8BE) in the last 12 months was 466.7 per 1,000 residents and was 243.6% higher than the Central Greenford average (135.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 101.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Downing Drive (UB6 8BE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central Greenford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leaver Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennetts Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Runnymede Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daryngton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daryngton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Runnymede Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uneeda Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uneeda Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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