Harlesden & Kensal Green
WardSouth Brent. About 20,549 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Harlesden & Kensal Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Harlesden & Kensal Green compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Harlesden & Kensal Green safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Harlesden & Kensal Green at a rate of 165.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 120.9 per 1,000 people across Brent.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 208 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Harlesden & Kensal Green.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (827), violence and sexual offences (819) and other crime (502).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Brent
These figures are published for the whole of Brent, not for each ward, so they describe all of Brent and not Harlesden & Kensal Green alone. See Brent
Harlesden & Kensal Green in brief
Harlesden & Kensal Green had 20,077 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Harlesden & Kensal Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Harlesden & Kensal Green, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Harlesden & Kensal Green, 12.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.