Crime Rate in West Finchley, ward

West Finchley has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Barnet district and the 1939th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 350th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in West Finchley in the last 12 months was 95.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% higher than the Barnet district average (93.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, West Finchley’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 479 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 183.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -43.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 509 (≈ 24.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the West Finchley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Winifred Place, with 288 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (49 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.