Total Crime Rate
425.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wellesley Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chiswick Gunnersbury , and the 24th highest crime rate of 640 local areas in Hounslow .
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 Wellesley Road (W4 4AD) in the last 12 months was 425.6 per 1,000 residents and was 181.6% higher than the Chiswick Gunnersbury average (151.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 124.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellesley Road (W4 4AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Surrey Crescent, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stonehill Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deans Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gunnersbury Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oliver Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thorney Hedge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaseley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thorney Hedge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thorney Hedge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | John Bull Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | John Bull Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | John Bull Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | John Bull Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | John Bull Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaseley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cambridge Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Surrey Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Surrey Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road North | Under investigation |
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