Total Crime Rate

825.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 825.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 453.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 111.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.6 10/10
  • Robbery 30.7 10/10
  • Public order 28.4 10/10
  • Drugs 26.0 10/10
  • Other theft 21.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 14.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Elgin Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Harrow Road , and the 80th highest 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 Elgin Avenue (W9 3PS) in the last 12 months was 825.1 per 1,000 residents and was 457.6% higher than the Harrow Road average (148.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 192 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 357.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 153.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 127.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elgin Avenue (W9 3PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chantry Close, where police recorded 349 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (92 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Elgin Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/144)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lapford Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chantry Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chantry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chantry Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Chantry Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Robbery Chantry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hormead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fordingley Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chantry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chantry Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chantry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chantry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hermes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chantry Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fleming Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnsdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Barnsdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Barnsdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portgate Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Portgate Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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