Total Crime Rate
271.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shirland Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Harrow Road , and the 230th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shirland Road (W9 2BT) in the last 12 months was 271.5 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% higher than the Harrow Road average (177.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 68.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shirland Road (W9 2BT), the main crime hotspot is near Chippenham Road. Police recorded 241 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Maida Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walterton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stuart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lanhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stuart Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lanhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lanhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oakington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stuart Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Delaware Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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