Crime Rate in West Finchley, ward

West Finchley has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Barnet district and the 1657th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 331st highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in West Finchley in the last 12 months was 100.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Barnet district average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, West Finchley’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 511 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 9 cases , up 12.5% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 22.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -13.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 558 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the West Finchley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Winifred Place, with 254 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (46 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.