Crime Rate in Friern Barnet, ward

Friern Barnet has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Barnet district and the 2274th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 300th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Friern Barnet in the last 12 months was 88.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% lower than the Barnet district average (93.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Friern Barnet’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 435 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 7 cases , down -12.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -36.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 566 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Friern Barnet ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 71 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parkhurst Road (37 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.