Total Crime Rate

19.0 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 19.0 2/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 6th lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Burnt Oak , and the 82nd lowest crime rate of 1,063 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 Blessbury Road (HA8 0SX) in the last 12 months was 19.0 per 1,000 residents and was 81.1% lower than the Burnt Oak average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 4.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blessbury Road (HA8 0SX), 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 2025Shoplifting Market Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Blessbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blessbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blessbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaskarth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Colchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Norwich Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Brearley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gaskarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Newton Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Merrivale Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nurse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gilbert Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Cooms Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gilbert Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norwich Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orange Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pavilion Way
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barnfield Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barnfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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