Crime Rate in Cricklewood, ward

Cricklewood has the highest crime rate of 24 wards in Barnet district and the 432nd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 104th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Cricklewood in the last 12 months was 170.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.6% higher than the Barnet district average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Cricklewood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 465 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 12 cases , up 9.1% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 26.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -22.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 621 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Cricklewood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Yew Grove, with 120 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hendon Way (45 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.