Total Crime Rate
98.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birkbeck Avenue area has the 37th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Central Greenford , and the 398th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Ealing .
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 Birkbeck Avenue (UB6 8LY) in the last 12 months was 98.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% lower than the Central Greenford average (135.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -35.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birkbeck Avenue (UB6 8LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanley Avenue, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Allington Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central Greenford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairway Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairway Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lincoln Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Allington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Rise | Under investigation |
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