Total Crime Rate
255.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025First Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in East Acton , and the 97th highest crime rate of 964 local areas in Ealing .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around First Avenue (W3 7JR) in the last 12 months was 255.7 per 1,000 residents and was 165.4% higher than the East Acton average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 110.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 228.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around First Avenue (W3 7JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cowley Road, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Vale Uxbridge Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Jeddo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Agnes Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Swainson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swainson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Swainson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Oak Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Oak Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Vale Uxbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Vale Uxbridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | The Vale Uxbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sir Alexander Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Broad Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Third Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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