Total Crime Rate

347.4 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 347.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 123.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 72.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 39.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.1 9/10
  • Public order 15.1 9/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
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

Wellesley Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chiswick Gunnersbury , and the 35th 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 4BL) in the last 12 months was 347.4 per 1,000 residents and was 129.9% higher than the Chiswick Gunnersbury average (151.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellesley Road (W4 4BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bishops Close, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chiswick Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Wellesley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Chiswick High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kings Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishops Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishops Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishops Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishops Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chiswick High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chiswick High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chiswick High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Chiswick High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Harvard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolseley Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wolseley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barrowgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walpole Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marlborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marlborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grosvenor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grosvenor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chiswick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harvard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary A3000 Under investigation

Data Sources

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