Total Crime Rate
461.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Forge Cottages area has the highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Ealing Common , and the 29th 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 Forge Cottages (W5 5EG) in the last 12 months was 461.3 per 1,000 residents and was 417.0% higher than the Ealing Common average (89.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 97.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forge Cottages (W5 5EG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 366 crimes here, including 71 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ealing Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Uxbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Uxbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealing Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ealing Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sayers Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Mary'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Warwick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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