Total Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.9 5/10
  • Violent crimes 20.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.9 3/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowley Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in East Acton , and the 299th lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Ealing .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cowley Road (W3 7UJ) in the last 12 months was 56.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowley Road (W3 7UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cowley Road, where police recorded 212 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Vale Uxbridge Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oldfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jeddo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Second Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oldfield Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Broad Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences First Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences First Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences First Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Davis Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gransden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary The Vale Uxbridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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