East Bedfont is one of the less safe parts of Hounslow, and the numbers are clear about it. Recorded crime runs at about double the borough's rate. Anti-social behaviour makes up a bigger share of crime than it does nationally. The local police force charges fewer suspects than most forces in the country. The parks are a pleasant place to walk the dog, and the police are kept busy.
Across the year from June 2025 to May 2026, the area recorded 11,141 crimes and a published rate of about 234 per 1,000 residents. That is roughly 99% above the Hounslow average. Two armies marched through Bedfont in the Civil War and Parliament seized the sword mill to make gunpowder, so the place has been giving the authorities work for some time.
The borough rate is about 117 crimes per 1,000 residents over the same year. Bedfont's published figure is about 234. A buyer moving from elsewhere in Hounslow should expect to read and hear about crime nearby more often than in most of the borough. The police's own street-level crime map covers the past few months for each street, so look up the exact road and the one next to it. A suburb-wide average can hide a lot of difference between streets.
Bedfont is packed fairly tightly, with about 8,200 people per square kilometre on average. Unemployment was about 5% at the 2021 Census, and about 16% of households were overcrowded. These figures describe the kind of neighbourhood it is, mostly flats and terraces on post-war estates with a lot of people in them. They do not explain the crime rate on their own, and they should not be read as if they did.
The crime mix tilts in an unusual direction. Violence and sexual offences are the largest single category at about 24% of recorded crime, below the national share of about 35%. This is a broad legal category that includes common assault with no injury, and it is the largest category almost everywhere. Anti-social behaviour makes up about 20%, against 16% nationally, and other theft about 13%, against 7%. Public order offences, at about 6%, and vehicle crime, at about 5%, are close to the national shares of 7% and 5%. The biggest gap is in "other crime", the police's catch-all label for offences outside the main headings, at about 15% here against 2% nationally. The category where Bedfont is furthest from the national pattern is also the one whose name explains least.
The Metropolitan Police Service charges a suspect in about 10% of cases, against about 12% across England and Wales. Over the year to May 2026 that put it 33rd of 42 forces. About 53% of its cases were closed with no suspect identified. These are figures for the whole force across London. Bedfont has no separate charge rate, and these figures say nothing about how often crime happens here. They do show that a reported theft has about an even chance of being closed without anyone being named for it.
Safety is East Bedfont's weakest point. Crime runs at about twice the borough level, and the force covering it is one of the slower in the country at charging anyone, so buyers should check the crime record for the specific street.