Total Crime Rate
43.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Melrose Gardens area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Addison , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 504 local areas in Hammersmith and Fulham .
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 Melrose Gardens (W6 7RN) in the last 12 months was 43.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% lower than the Addison average (225.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (β 4.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melrose Gardens (W6 7RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Samuel'S Close, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Anley Road (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Addison| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lakeside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sulgrave Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Miller'S Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Miller'S Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Miller'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Miller'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sulgrave Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Samuel'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wells Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hammersmith Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Miller'S Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barb Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Bush Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batoum Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pennard Road | Under investigation |
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