Crime and Safety in Harrow
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Harrow is among the top 10 safest boroughs in London. The overall crime rate in Harrow in 2026 is 59 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to London's overall crime rate, coming in 29% lower than the London rate of 82 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Harrow is among the top 10 safest cities, and the 1,598th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In April 2025, Harrow had the worst crime rate in London for possession of weapons, with 19 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.07 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Harrow are violence and sexual offences, with 5,664 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 20. This is 4.9% higher than 2025's figure of 5,399 offences and a difference of 0.94 from 2025's crime rate of 19. Harrow's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 98 offences recorded in 2026, an increase of 4.3% from 2025's figure of 94 crimes.
Harrow 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 10 Safest
Boroughs, London
26% lower, regional crime rate
London
18% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Harrow is 26% lower than London and 18% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Harrow Crime Rate Over Time
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Harrow Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Harrow 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 Harrow's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Harrow up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Harrow's 4,947 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.
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Crime Risk Scores
Harrow • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Harrow has a crime risk score of 431. This is based on analysis of 4,947 nearby areas within Harrow, 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 Harrow's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Harrow, crime risk scores are typically around 431, while in London they are average 534.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 529 (613 for London), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 581 (London 663).
Trends in Crime Risk
Harrow
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.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 7% in Harrow's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Harrow's crime risk score is up by 16%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Harrow's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 6%, 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
Harrow
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
Harrow • 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.
Theft From the Person offences have a crime rate of 3.71 reports per 1,000 people in Harrow, which is 2.39 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 1,065 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 541 reports of Robbery in Harrow, resulting in a crime rate of 1.90 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.61.
The crime rate for Vehicle Crime is 1.53 times the national average at 6.56 reports per 1,000. This is from 1,883 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Harrow
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.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.69 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.61 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 13% over this timeframe.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.17 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.67 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 75% over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.77 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.52 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 48% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Harrow
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
No significant decreases identified.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Harrow • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Harrow | London | Metropolitan Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 5,285 | 18.45 | 1.31 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 | 236,187 | 21.58 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 119 | 0.41 | 0.56 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 | 13,744 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 1,219 | 4.26 | 1.36 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 | 47,451 | 4.33 | 1.38 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 1,055 | 3.66 | 0.58 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 | 54,220 | 4.97 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 959 | 3.35 | 1.08 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 | 53,280 | 4.85 | 1.57 |
| Other Crime | 228 | 0.81 | 0.44 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 | 13,028 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 1,399 | 4.89 | 0.86 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 | 97,779 | 8.95 | 1.57 |
| Possession of Weapons | 98 | 0.32 | 0.38 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 | 6,461 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 1,026 | 3.59 | 0.62 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 | 60,156 | 5.49 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 541 | 1.90 | 1.61 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 | 30,857 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 1,590 | 5.57 | 0.78 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 | 88,269 | 8.08 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 1,065 | 3.71 | 2.39 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 | 77,344 | 7.08 | 4.57 |
| Vehicle Crime | 1,883 | 6.56 | 1.53 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 | 81,900 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 5,664 | 19.79 | 0.65 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 | 273,897 | 25.04 | 0.82 |
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Total Crime by Year
Harrow | London | Metropolitan Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 16,846 | 58.82 | 0.82 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 | 898,386 | 82.17 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 16,079 | 56.57 | 0.76 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 | 898,787 | 82.94 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 15,356 | 54.74 | 0.73 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 | 902,681 | 84.12 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 14,908 | 53.94 | 0.68 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 | 837,244 | 78.79 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 14,555 | 53.01 | 0.69 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 | 797,303 | 75.56 | 0.98 |
| 2021 | 14,147 | 51.51 | 0.75 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 | 729,401 | 68.83 | 1.00 |
| 2020 | 15,713 | 57.06 | 0.77 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 | 821,362 | 77.41 | 1.04 |
| 2019 | 15,605 | 57.06 | 0.75 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 | 851,175 | 80.59 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 13,541 | 49.87 | 0.70 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 | 811,738 | 76.91 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 13,306 | 49.15 | 0.77 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 | 759,755 | 72.22 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 4,247 | 15.70 | 0.82 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 | 235,003 | 22.39 | 1.17 |
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Harrow Compared to Other London Boroughs
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Borough | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley | 23,687 | 67.01 | 14% more dangerous |
| Wandsworth | 26,470 | 66.98 | 14% more dangerous |
| Barnet | 28,762 | 65.93 | 12% more dangerous |
| Kingston upon Thames | 11,906 | 61.30 | 4.2% more dangerous |
| Bexley | 16,034 | 60.14 | 2.2% more dangerous |
| Harrow | 16,846 | 58.82 | - |
| Sutton | 13,320 | 58.71 | 0.19% safer |
| Richmond upon Thames | 11,638 | 53.96 | 8% safer |
| Merton | 13,175 | 53.01 | 10% safer |
Comparing Harrow to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Harrow | 58.82 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 35% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 41% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 43% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 66% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 78% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 79% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 81% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 82% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 83% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 113% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Harrow's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Harrow that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Field | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Little Common | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Lowlands Recreation Ground | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 18 |
| Park View Allotments | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 |
| Centenary Park | 13 | - | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| Bridge Street Gardens | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Roxbourne Park | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 19 |
| Shaftesbury Playing Fields | 9 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Montesole Playing Fields | 1 | - | - | - | 14 | 8 |
| Pinner Recreation Ground | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Pinner Memorial Park | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Cuckoo Hill Allotments | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Pinner Village Gardens | 31 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 31 |
| The Croft | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Stanmore Cricket Club | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Stanmore Recreation Ground | 40 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| Bernays Gardens | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 |
| Kenton Lane Allotments | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 11 | 6 |
| Vernon Drive Allotments | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Weston Drive Allotments | 2 | 13 | - | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Boulevarde Gardens | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Kingsley Road North Allotment | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 |
| Boulevarde Gardens | 3 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| Headstone Manor Recreation Ground | 16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 |
| Weald Village Open Space | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 |
| Headstone Allotments | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Kingsley Road South Allotment | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Lincoln Road Allotment Site | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| Streamside Allotment | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| Rayners Mead Allotments | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Marshalls Allotments | 4 | - | - | - | 5 | 6 |
| The Grove Open Space | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 19 |
| Bishop Ken Allotments | 8 | - | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| Byron Recreation Ground | 32 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 57 |
| Wealdstone Cemetery | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Kenton Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| Paulhan Road Allotments South | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Greenhill Allotments | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 19 |
| Chandos Recreation Ground Allotments | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 9 | 10 |
| Chandos Recreation Ground | 21 | 7 | - | 7 | 26 | 41 |
| Deansbrook Playground | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 15 |
| Eastcote Lane Cemetery | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 21 |
| The John Lyon Playing Field | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
| Old Gaytonians' Sports Ground | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | 22 | 23 |
| Alexandra Park | 24 | - | 3 | 8 | 29 | 29 |
| Ealing Northern Sports Centre | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 17 |
| Newton Park West Allotments | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 |
| Newton Park East Allotments | 13 | - | 5 | - | 19 | 11 |
| Newton Park | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| Pleasant Place Allotments | 7 | 2 | - | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| Northolt Road Allotments | 37 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 32 |
| Roxeth Recreation Ground | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 |
| Dabbs Hill Lane Allotments | 14 | - | 2 | - | 11 | 7 |
| Roxeth Allotments | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Sudbury Hill Playing Fields | 46 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 26 |
| The Bannister Sports Centre | 9 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 12 |
| Harrow Weald Cemetery | 6 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| Harrow Weald Recreation Ground | 16 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 65 |
| Canons Park | 24 | - | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 |
| West Harrow Recreation Ground | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Priestmead Recreation Ground | 3 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 5 |
| Paulhan Road Allotments North | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Newton Farm Ecology Park | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 20 |
| Stanmore Marsh South | 11 | - | - | 1 | 15 | 6 |
| Stanmore Marsh North | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 7 |
| Stanmore Country Park | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Cuckoo Hill | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Recent Crimes in Harrow
The 20 most recent crime reports in Harrow.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Hamilton Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near St Bride'S Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near St Bride'S Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Grange Gardens | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Dunnock Drive | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Almond Way | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Dunnock Drive | |
| April 2026 | Bicycle theft | On or near Almond Way | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Hamilton Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Hamilton Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Hamilton Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Dunnock Drive | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Elmgrove Gardens | |
| April 2026 | Theft from the person | On or near Cunningham Park | |
| April 2026 | Theft from the person | On or near Bus/Coach Station | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Cullington Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Almond Way | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Bus/Coach Station | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Hitchin Lane | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Berridge Green |
Methodology & Data Sources
Harrow Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Harrow during August 2026 will typically become available in October 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Harrow Data Points
For Harrow, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E43000205.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Harrow's daytime - or "workday" - population of 198,764 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Harrow