Crime Rate in Childs Hill, ward

Childs Hill has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Barnet district and the 1327th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 262nd highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Childs Hill in the last 12 months was 110.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% higher than the Barnet district average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Childs Hill’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 594 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 32.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 653 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Childs Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Golders Way, with 258 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (49 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.