Total Crime Rate
790.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
355.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cowley Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Hillingdon West , and the 11th highest crime rate of 791 local areas in Hillingdon .
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 Cowley Road (UB8 2DA) in the last 12 months was 790.4 per 1,000 residents and was 732.7% higher than the Hillingdon West average (94.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 98 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 163 (β 355.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowley Road (UB8 2DA), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 702 crimes here, including 164 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hillingdon West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baker'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Uxbridge | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redford Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crown Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redford Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Uxbridge | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Uxbridge | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bassett Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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