Crime Rates at Watling Avenue, Edgware, HA8 0ND

Watling Avenue area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Burnt Oak , and the 266th lowest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watling Avenue (HA8 0ND) in the last 12 months was 38.3 per 1,000 residents and was 66.2% lower than the Burnt Oak average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watling Avenue (HA8 0ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Arundel Gardens, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goldbeaters Grove (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.