Total Crime Rate
145.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highlands Avenue area has the 37th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in East Acton , and the 244th highest crime rate of 964 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 Highlands Avenue (W3 6ES) in the last 12 months was 145.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% higher than the East Acton average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highlands Avenue (W3 6ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birkbeck Avenue, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maldon Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Narrow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Summerlands Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Summerlands Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shalimar Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalimar Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalimar Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Horn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Horn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Highlands Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Narrow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hepburn Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hepburn Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hepburn Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hepburn Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Tiltwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newburgh Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highlands Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brougham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Road | Under investigation |
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