Total Crime Rate
85.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shakespeare Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in East Acton , and the 465th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Ealing .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shakespeare Road (W3 6SE) in the last 12 months was 85.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shakespeare Road (W3 6SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Churchfield Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Acton Central (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Acton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burlington Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melville Villas Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acton Central | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Goldsmith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Burlington Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burlington Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burlington Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burlington Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burlington Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burlington Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Goldsmith Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Myrtle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grove Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Churchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Churchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Churchfield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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