Total Crime Rate
127.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elgin Avenue 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 Elgin Avenue (W9 2NP) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Elgin Avenue (W9 2NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chippenham Road, where police recorded 181 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Foscote Mews (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maida Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirland Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stuart Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lanhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lanhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lanhill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Essendine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sevington Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stuart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stuart Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lanhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A404 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A404 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sevington Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sevington Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sevington Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sevington Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grittleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Foscote Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Foscote Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delaware Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Delaware Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lanhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanhill Road | Under investigation |
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