Total Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Vale area has the 14th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Southfield , and the 445th highest crime rate of 964 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 The Vale (W3 7RG) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% higher than the Southfield average (70.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Vale (W3 7RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cowley Road, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warple Way (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Larden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sir Alexander Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Canham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Third Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromyard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Essex Park Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Park Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Park Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Allied Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Swainson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swainson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Swainson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Agnes Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bromyard Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bromyard Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bromyard Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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