Total Crime Rate
252.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shirland Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Harrow Road , and the 244th highest crime rate of 587 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 Shirland Road (W9 2EP) in the last 12 months was 252.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% higher than the Harrow Road average (177.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 10.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shirland Road (W9 2EP), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maryland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grittleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chippenham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chippenham Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chippenham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chippenham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chippenham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maryland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Maryland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maryland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maryland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Essendine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sevington Street | — |
| 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 |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chippenham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chippenham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Essendine Road | Under investigation |
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