Total Crime Rate
107.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boston Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Hanwell Broadway , and the 368th highest crime rate of 951 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 Boston Road (W7 2AT) in the last 12 months was 107.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% lower than the Hanwell Broadway average (152.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 143.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boston Road (W7 2AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haslemere Avenue, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boston Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitehall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westlea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clitherow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haslemere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elthorne Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Road | Under investigation |
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