Total Crime Rate

125.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 49.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birkbeck Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in East Acton , and the 294th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Ealing .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birkbeck Road (W3 6BG) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% higher than the East Acton average (99.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -35.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birkbeck Road (W3 6BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Churchfield Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Locarno Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birkbeck Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/67)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cowper Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Burlington Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burlington Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burlington Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burlington Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burlington Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Burlington Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burlington Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beardsley Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petersfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Acton Central —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Churchfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petersfield Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Petersfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchfield Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilkinson Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wilkinson Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wilkinson Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wilkinson Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Burlington Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Burlington Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wilkinson Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Melville Villas Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petersfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Myrtle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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