Total Crime Rate
127.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Widley Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Harrow Road , and the 203rd lowest 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 Widley Road (W9 2LA) in the last 12 months was 127.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% lower than the Harrow Road average (177.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 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 ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Widley Road (W9 2LA), 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 | Theft from the person | Oakington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Thorngate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorngate 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorngate Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St. Peter'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St. Peter'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St. Peter'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maryland 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 |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chippenham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St. Peter'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St. Peter'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Maryland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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