Total Crime Rate

88.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.7 3/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowley Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Hillingdon West , and the 321st highest crime rate of 801 local areas in Hillingdon .

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 Cowley Road (UB8 2LX) in the last 12 months was 88.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% lower than the Hillingdon West average (100.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowley Road (UB8 2LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Walford Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Frayslea (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Cowley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cobden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kew Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walford Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kew Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Austin Waye Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Myddleton Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Myddleton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cobden Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Frayslea Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frayslea Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frayslea Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Austin Waye Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cobden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowley Road
Sep 2025Public order Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Medman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tachbrook Road
Sep 2025Other theft Tachbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Austin Waye Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hinton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burness Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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