Total Crime Rate

56.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Theft from the person 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

Dickens Avenue area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 144 local areas in Colham & Cowley , and the 316th lowest crime rate of 801 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 Dickens Avenue (UB8 3DN) in the last 12 months was 56.8 per 1,000 residents and was 51.4% lower than the Colham & Cowley average (116.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 450.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dickens Avenue (UB8 3DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peggotty Way, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gould'S Green (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Dickens Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peggotty Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Daleham Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goulds Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peggotty Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peggotty Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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