A new interactive widget has revealed which area is west London’s burglary hotspot .
The dubious honour belongs to the area on or near Stourcliffe Street, off Edgware Road in Westminster, which racked up 17 burglaries in a one-year period, with a part Hammersmith and Fulham just a fraction behind.
According to Zoopla, flats in the near to Stourcliffe Street in Stourcliffe Close can fetch around £1million.
The figures are revealed as part of getwestlondon analysis of crime data using our exclusive gadget.
The online tool simply allows users to enter a postcode and the gadget reveals how many burglaries took place in the past 12 months.
The data shows the areas with the second highest number of burglaries were around Pollen Street near Oxford Street and an area around Westfield in Shepherd’s Bush , with 16 each.
Pollen Street homes also have a high estimated value, with price ranges from £600,000 to nearing £2million.
The precise locations of burglaries have not been disclosed by police to protect the identities of victims.
Instead, markers seen when using the widget represent the vicinity in which a burglary or burglaries took place, and not any property in particular.
However, no areas in Hounslow are listed in the table below.
The borough has seen burglary rates drop after an anti-theft device was rolled out.
The figures looks at crime data compiled between July 2015 and June 2016.
Top burglary hotspots
Location | Burglaries (July 2015 – June 2016) | Local authority |
On or near Stourcliffe Street | 17 | Westminster |
On or near Pollen Street | 16 | Westminster |
On or near Westfield Parking Area | 16 | Hammersmith and Fulham |
On or near Sussex Gardens | 15 | Westminster |
On or near Prince’s Square | 14 | Westminster |
On or near Buckingham Avenue | 12 | Ealing |
On or near Hillfield Close | 12 | Harrow |
On or near Conference/Exhibition Centre | 12 | Westminster |
On or near Leinster Gardens | 12 | Westminster |
On or near Gaspar Mews | 12 | Kensington and Chelsea |
On or near Exeter Road | 12 | Brent |
On or near Nellgrove Road | 12 | Hillingdon |
On or near Old Kenton Lane | 12 | Brent |