Crime Rates at Old Rectory Gardens, Edgware, HA8 7LS

Old Rectory Gardens area has the 9th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Burnt Oak , and the 81st highest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Rectory Gardens (HA8 7LS) in the last 12 months was 227.3 per 1,000 residents and was 100.9% higher than the Burnt Oak average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Rectory Gardens (HA8 7LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 204 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rectory Lane (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.