Crime Rate in East Finchley, ward

East Finchley has the 10th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Barnet district and the 2705th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 223rd lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in East Finchley in the last 12 months was 78.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.7% lower than the Barnet district average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, East Finchley’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 327 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 9.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 374 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the East Finchley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Theatre/Concert Hall, with 99 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nursery Road (39 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.