Yes, Chiswick is safer than the borough around it, and it treats people better than it treats their cars. Crime runs below the Hounslow average. Violence makes up a smaller share of recorded crime than it does nationally. Vehicle crime makes up a far bigger one. Pedestrians come off better than parked cars.
The police.uk figures put Chiswick's crime rate at about 104 per 1,000 residents in the year from June 2025 to May 2026, roughly 11% below the Hounslow average. Across the district that comes to 5,425 recorded crimes over the twelve months. Both are published figures for the year. They describe the district as a whole and cannot tell a buyer about any one street.
To put the two side by side, Hounslow as a whole recorded about 117 crimes per 1,000 residents over the same year, against Chiswick's 104. The district comes out better than the borough, though the gap is a modest one.
Chiswick is a crowded part of London, with an average of about 10,170 people per square kilometre. Unemployment stands at about 3% and around 5% of households are overcrowded. That makes it a dense inner suburb, with plenty of people, flats and shopfronts packed close together. Those figures describe the kind of place it is, and none of them explains its crime.
Within the total, the mix is unusual. Violence and sexual offences, a broad legal category that includes common assault with no injury, account for about 21% of Chiswick's recorded crime, against about 35% nationally. Anti-social behaviour makes up about 18% here and 16% nationally, so the two are close. Vehicle crime makes up about 17%, against 5% across England and Wales, and that is the figure that stands out. Other theft accounts for about 9% against 7% nationally, burglary 6% against 4%, and shoplifting about 8%, the same as the national share. The pattern points to thieves more interested in the car outside than in anyone walking past it. If the house you are buying has no off-street parking, find out where the car will spend the night, because around here that matters.
Getting justice after a report is a separate question from how much crime there is. The Metropolitan Police Service charged a suspect in about 10% of its cases over the same twelve months, against about 12% nationally, which puts it 33rd of 42 forces. In about 53% of its cases the investigation closed with nobody identified. Those are figures for the whole Metropolitan Police area, and Chiswick has no separate figure of its own. On those numbers, the chance of getting a stolen catalytic converter back is low.
Chiswick is one of the safer parts of the borough for people, and that counts in its favour. The risk mostly falls on whatever is parked in the street overnight.