As of January 2026, the annual crime rate in North West London postcode area stands at 30.8 crimes per 1000 people. North West London's current crime levels are at 87% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 21.4% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 17.4k, and this number has increased by 4.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 2025.
| North West London postcode area | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 30.8 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 35.5 |
| 87% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 21.4% | share of all crimes | 35.1% |
| 17.4k | crimes reported | 2.0M |
| 4.0% | annual change | 1.0% |
Crime rate ranking : North West London postcode area has the 24. lowest crime rate out of 99 postcode areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 17.4k, and this number has increased by 4.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 2025. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between January 2025 - December 2025 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.
+4.0% annual change, crime is increasing
17.4k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to December 2025.
Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2021 till 2025.
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