Crime and Safety in Old Brentford, Hounslow
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crime in Old Brentford is shoplifting, with 129 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 33. This is 37% lower than 2025's figure of 206 offences and a difference of 19.80 from 2025's crime rate of 53. Old Brentford's least common crime is other crime, with 1 offence recorded in 2026, a decrease of 50% from 2025's figure of 2 crimes.
Old Brentford 2026 Crime Scorecard
33% higher, borough crime rate
London
43% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Hounslow is 33% higher than London and 43% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Hounslow Crime Rate Over Time
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Old Brentford Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Old Brentford 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 Old Brentford's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Old Brentford up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Old Brentford's 54 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
Old Brentford • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Old Brentford has a crime risk score of 581. This is based on analysis of 54 nearby areas within Old Brentford, 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 Old Brentford's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Old Brentford, crime risk scores are typically around 581, while in Hounslow they are average 570.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 670 (640 for Hounslow), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 704 (Hounslow 690).
Trends in Crime Risk
Old Brentford
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 Old Brentford'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 Old Brentford's crime risk score is up by 3.4%. 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, Old Brentford's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 0.80%, 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
Old Brentford
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
Old Brentford • 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.
Shoplifting offences have a crime rate of 33 reports per 1,000 people in Old Brentford, which is 4.65 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 129 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 1 report of Possession of Weapons in Old Brentford, resulting in a crime rate of 0.26 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 3.71.
The crime rate for Robbery is 3.43 times the national average at 1.03 reports per 1,000. This is from 4 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Old Brentford
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.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.37 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.51 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 365% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Old Brentford
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.05 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.81 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 30% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.94 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 4.34 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 32% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.06 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.98 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 46% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Old Brentford • 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 | 138 | 35.45 | 2.51 | 7,124 | 20.57 | 1.46 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 4 | 1.04 | 4.33 | 404 | 1.17 | 1.60 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 18 | 4.63 | 1.78 | 1,434 | 4.14 | 1.32 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 24 | 6.18 | 1.08 | 1,954 | 5.64 | 0.90 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 16 | 4.11 | 2.65 | 1,459 | 4.22 | 1.37 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 1 | 0.26 | 1.63 | 398 | 1.14 | 0.62 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 36 | 9.25 | 1.63 | 2,179 | 6.31 | 1.11 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 1 | 0.26 | 3.71 | 190 | 0.55 | 0.65 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 27 | 6.94 | 1.29 | 2,070 | 5.98 | 1.03 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 4 | 1.03 | 3.43 | 604 | 1.75 | 1.48 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 129 | 33.15 | 4.65 | 2,842 | 8.22 | 1.15 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 9 | 2.32 | 2.61 | 931 | 2.69 | 1.74 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 41 | 10.54 | 2.45 | 2,742 | 7.93 | 1.84 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 89 | 22.88 | 0.75 | 9,537 | 27.55 | 0.91 | 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 | 399 | 102.59 | 1.59 | 26,744 | 77.29 | 1.07 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 655 | 180.82 | 2.72 | 25,373 | 73.45 | 0.99 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 297 | 91.53 | 1.42 | 26,987 | 79.23 | 1.05 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 264 | 86.10 | 1.31 | 23,971 | 71.09 | 0.90 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 356 | 125.51 | 1.84 | 23,155 | 68.98 | 0.90 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 316 | 111.50 | 1.85 | 22,388 | 66.18 | 0.97 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 314 | 108.61 | 1.59 | 24,259 | 71.53 | 0.96 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 405 | 140.29 | 2.04 | 25,769 | 75.97 | 1.00 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 337 | 116.76 | 1.81 | 24,965 | 74.16 | 1.04 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 366 | 129.83 | 2.32 | 22,897 | 68.60 | 1.07 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 109 | 39.09 | 2.32 | 6,915 | 20.78 | 1.09 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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Old Brentford Compared to Other Hounslow Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| Brentford | 111 | 31.63 | 69% safer |
| Brentford End | 804 | 63.14 | 38% safer |
| Brentford Dock | 669 | 76.39 | 26% safer |
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