Headstone, Harrow: Safety
Safety
Headstone is significantly safer than London as a whole. It recorded 77.6 crimes per 1,000 people in 2025, compared to 204.5 across London. This gap has stayed consistent over the past two years.
The neighbourhood also sits below the UK average of 88.6 crimes per 1,000 people. For an outer London neighbourhood, that's genuinely quiet. Next door in Greenhill, crime rates are more than 3 times higher — which really shows how settled Headstone feels in comparison.
Anti-social behaviour is the most common crime type here, with 253 incidents in 2025. Even so, that's lower than most neighbouring areas. Vehicle crime and burglary are both low. Overall, you're looking at a stable neighbourhood with a real safety advantage.
Source: police-recorded crime for Headstone ward (Metropolitan Police Service, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Headstone ward: Metropolitan Police Service data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Headstone ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
69.3
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
London region average
130.2
Neighbouring wards
Lower than
Greenhill
284.3
Similar to
North Harrow
71.9
Similar to
Pinner
68.5
Lower than
Wealdstone North
97.3
Higher than
West Harrow
58.9
Lower than
Harrow Weald
89.8
Higher than
Hatch End
59.9
Lower than
Marlborough
110.1
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Headstone ward and the London region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences25%24%
- Anti-social behaviour21%21%
- Shoplifting14%8%
- Vehicle crime9%7%
- Other theft6%9%
- Burglary5%4%
- Criminal damage and arson5%5%
- Drugs4%5%
- Public order3%5%
- Robbery3%3%
- Theft from the person3%8%
- Other crime1%1%
- Possession of weapons<1%<1%
- Bicycle theft<1%1%
