Crime Rates in Harrow (HA1)
Crime statistics for HA1 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Harrow (HA1)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 649 crimes within 1 mile of the HA1 centre, against 412 around HA2, 523 around HA3, 163 around HA5 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in HA1?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the HA1 centre were Violent crime (199), Anti-social behaviour (153) and Shoplifting (65), out of 649 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full HA1 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in HA1?
Enter a full HA1 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
HA1 at a glance
649 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the HA1 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was violent crime, at 31% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 649
- Most recorded category
- Violent crime (31%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police Service
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 199 | 31% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 153 | 24% |
| Shoplifting | 65 | 10% |
| Public order | 46 | 7% |
| Other theft | 45 | 7% |
| Drugs | 35 | 5% |
| Burglary | 32 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 27 | 4% |
| All other categories | 47 | 7% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the HA1 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How HA1 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrow (HA1) | 649 | Violent crime (31%) | — |
| HA2 | 412 | Violent crime (33%) | 1.7km |
| HA3 | 523 | Violent crime (30%) | 1.9km |
| HA5 | 163 | Violent crime (29%) | 3.7km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest HA1, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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