Crime and Safety in North Acton, Ealing
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crimes in North Acton are violence and sexual offences, with 278 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 20. This is 8% higher than 2025's figure of 257 offences and a difference of 2.03 from 2025's crime rate of 18. North Acton's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 7 offences recorded in 2026, an increase of 40% from 2025's figure of 5 crimes.
North Acton 2026 Crime Scorecard
32% lower, borough crime rate
London
26% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Ealing is 32% lower than London and 26% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Ealing Crime Rate Over Time
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North Acton Crime Map
Incidents mapped in North Acton represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to North Acton's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around North Acton up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of North Acton's 7 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
North Acton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within North Acton has a crime risk score of 613. This is based on analysis of 7 nearby areas within North Acton, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in North Acton's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in North Acton, crime risk scores are typically around 613, while in Ealing they are average 569.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 733 (667 for Ealing), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 782 (Ealing 726).
Trends in Crime Risk
North Acton
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
No trend could be found in North Acton's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in North Acton's crime risk score is up by 8%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Over the last year, North Acton's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 0.90%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
North Acton
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
North Acton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Vehicle Crime offences have a crime rate of 7.60 reports per 1,000 people in North Acton, which is 1.77 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 104 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 18 reports of Theft From the Person in North Acton, resulting in a crime rate of 1.31 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.46.
The crime rate for Possession of Weapons is 1.43 times the national average at 0.50 reports per 1,000. This is from 7 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
North Acton
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.63 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 1.77 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 49% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.95 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.63 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 51% over this timeframe.
Theft From the Person offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
North Acton
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Robbery offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 4.60 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 1.00 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 360% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.28 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.56 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 50% over this timeframe.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.35 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 2.05 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 83% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
North Acton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 230 | 16.91 | 1.20 | 11,429 | 27.48 | 1.94 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 7 | 0.52 | 1.86 | 355 | 0.84 | 1.15 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 48 | 3.54 | 1.13 | 1,810 | 4.36 | 1.39 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 40 | 2.88 | 0.46 | 2,212 | 5.33 | 0.85 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 30 | 2.18 | 0.84 | 2,105 | 5.05 | 1.63 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 11 | 0.79 | 0.73 | 397 | 0.97 | 0.52 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 95 | 6.93 | 1.22 | 2,761 | 6.62 | 1.16 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 7 | 0.50 | 1.43 | 253 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 44 | 3.20 | 0.60 | 2,298 | 5.52 | 0.95 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 19 | 1.40 | 1.41 | 901 | 2.17 | 1.84 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 26 | 1.93 | 0.33 | 2,574 | 6.17 | 0.87 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 18 | 1.31 | 1.46 | 1,260 | 3.03 | 1.95 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 104 | 7.60 | 1.77 | 4,222 | 10.14 | 2.36 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 278 | 20.44 | 0.67 | 11,300 | 27.16 | 0.89 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 727 | 53.22 | 0.79 | 32,448 | 77.95 | 1.08 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 565 | 44.98 | 0.67 | 31,390 | 76.41 | 1.03 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 658 | 56.54 | 0.80 | 31,815 | 78.58 | 1.04 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 588 | 52.26 | 0.72 | 29,164 | 73.30 | 0.93 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 632 | 59.32 | 0.82 | 28,330 | 72.21 | 0.94 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 611 | 57.94 | 0.91 | 27,618 | 70.19 | 1.02 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 649 | 65.09 | 0.94 | 28,456 | 72.46 | 0.98 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 577 | 59.60 | 0.87 | 29,027 | 73.81 | 0.97 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 496 | 51.52 | 0.80 | 27,929 | 71.11 | 1.00 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 512 | 55.25 | 0.99 | 27,808 | 70.62 | 1.10 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 160 | 17.59 | 1.05 | 8,488 | 21.60 | 1.13 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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