Total Crime Rate

255.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 255.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.5 9/10
  • Public order 45.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.9 10/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.5 8/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

First 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.

Crime Over Time in First Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jeddo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Agnes Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Swainson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Swainson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Swainson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Second Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Oak Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Oak Road —
Sep 2025Public order Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Second Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowley Road —
Sep 2025Public order The Vale Uxbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Second Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Vale Uxbridge Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person The Vale Uxbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sir Alexander Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Broad Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Third Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowley Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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