Total Crime Rate
17.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillside Gardens area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Barnet Vale , and the 62nd lowest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hillside Gardens (EN5 2NL) in the last 12 months was 17.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.3% lower than the Barnet Vale average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 4.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillside Gardens (EN5 2NL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barnet| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carter Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hillside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oyster Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boardman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Manor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Lawn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hillside Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Lawn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Lawn Avenue | Under investigation |
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