Crime Rate in High Barnet, ward

High Barnet has the 9th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Barnet district and the 2849th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 209th lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in High Barnet in the last 12 months was 76.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.1% lower than the Barnet district average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, High Barnet’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 248 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 23.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -15.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 256 (≈ 18.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the High Barnet ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 150 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around High Street (23 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.