Crime in Harrow district: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (5,883), anti-social behaviour (5,303) and vehicle crime (1,828) made up 59% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 173rd of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lower half.

Recorded crime in Harrow district peaked in the year to August 2020 (23,185 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2018 (18,338). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 20%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Harrow district recorded notably more theft from the person (2.0 times the national rate), robbery (57% above the national rate) and vehicle crime (36% above the national rate), and notably less possession of weapons (64% below) and criminal damage and arson (61% below). On the year before, drugs rose from 809 to 1,021 and public order rose from 944 to 1,109, while criminal damage and arson fell from 993 to 718 and theft from the person fell from 1,226 to 928.

What each category covers: crime categories.

16,108 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Harrow district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 59.5 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Harrow district had the 80th lowest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Of the crimes recorded in the Metropolitan Police area in the year ending March 2026, 5.5% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Harrow district is an undercount.

No change on the year or longer series is given for Harrow district: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because the share of crimes in the Metropolitan Police area not assigned to a district moved from 4.3% in the year ending March 2025 to 5.5% in the year ending March 2026, which changes district totals without any change in crime.

Offences recorded in Harrow district, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 2,538 offences (16% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for theft from the person (2.0 times the national rate), robbery of personal property (1.5 times the national rate) and residential burglary (1.4 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for arson (0.22 times), possession of weapons (0.41 times) and miscellaneous crimes against society (0.41 times).

Districts in the Metropolitan Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 32 districts in the Metropolitan Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Harrow district had the 3rd lowest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

7 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Harrow district; the highest is Brent district (120.6 per 1,000) and the lowest Three Rivers (67.7).

Of the 23 areas within Harrow district, Greenhill had the highest crime rate (226.2 per 1,000) and Kenton West the lowest (39.3), 6 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 21% of the crime recorded in Harrow district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (1,307).

Of the 16,732 crimes in Harrow district with a recorded outcome, 43% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 4.2% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 5,303 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Harrow district has an estimated population of 270,724 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has more private renting (30%, against 20%), less social housing (10%, against 17%) and more residents with Level 4 qualifications or above (45%, against 34%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Harrow district average decile 5.8 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.