Total Crime Rate

169.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 169.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.4 6/10
  • Drugs 16.9 9/10
  • Public order 16.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.1 9/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Barnet Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Bentley Heath & The Royds , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Hertsmere .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barnet Road (EN6 2QS) in the last 12 months was 169.0 per 1,000 residents and was 113.2% higher than the Bentley Heath & The Royds average (79.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barnet Road (EN6 2QS), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 286 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Barnet Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Whaley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barnet Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firs Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Firs Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Firs Lane
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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