Total Crime Rate

241.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 241.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.1 9/10
  • Drugs 23.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 14.2 9/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Blessbury Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Burnt Oak , and the 77th highest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .

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 Blessbury Road (HA8 0SU) in the last 12 months was 241.7 per 1,000 residents and was 140.8% higher than the Burnt Oak average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 85.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blessbury Road (HA8 0SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Lane, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Lane (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blessbury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bernhart Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Market Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaskarth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Brearley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blessbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blessbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Blessbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Newton Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Merrivale Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orange Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cooms Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Lane Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pavilion Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Barnfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barnfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barnfield Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Lane

Data Sources

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