Crime Rate in Garden Suburb, ward

Garden Suburb has the 7th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Barnet district and the 3210th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 185th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Garden Suburb in the last 12 months was 72.4 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% lower than the Barnet district average (93.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Garden Suburb’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 216 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 208.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 221 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Garden Suburb ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Bancroft Avenue, with 25 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Beaumont Close (8 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.