Total Crime Rate
502.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Morshead Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Harrow Road , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .
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 Morshead Road (W9 1LG) in the last 12 months was 502.4 per 1,000 residents and was 239.5% higher than the Harrow Road average (148.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (β 143.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Morshead Road (W9 1LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shirland Road, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sevington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morshead Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wymering Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wymering Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wymering Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wymering Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Delaware Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Delaware Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Delaware Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Delaware Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Morshead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Essendine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chippenham Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chippenham Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B413 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kilburn Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kilburn Park Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shirland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shirland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shirland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morshead Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Morshead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Mews | β |
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