Total Crime Rate
170.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Essendine Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Harrow Road , and the 285th lowest 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 Essendine Road (W9 2LT) in the last 12 months was 170.8 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% higher than the Harrow Road average (148.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Essendine Road (W9 2LT), the main crime hotspot is near Chippenham Road. Police recorded 166 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shirland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chippenham Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Essendine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wymering Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Walterton 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 | Other crime | Wymering Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B413 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chippenham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Walterton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morshead Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Walterton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chippenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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