Crime Rate in East Finchley, ward

East Finchley has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Barnet district and the 2632nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 248th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in East Finchley in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% lower than the Barnet district average (93.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, East Finchley’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 322 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 8 cases , up 60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 382 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the East Finchley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Theatre/Concert Hall, with 107 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nursery Road (22 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.