Total Crime Rate
131.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Moray Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Edgware , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Moray Close (HA8 8AT) in the last 12 months was 131.8 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% higher than the Edgware average (91.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moray Close (HA8 8AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Springwood Crescent, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maytree Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edgware| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Atlas Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrens Shawe Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maytree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maytree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maytree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rannoch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maytree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightswood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Warwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyre Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Glengall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glengall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Marlborough Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hamonde Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamonde Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hamonde Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tayside Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springwood Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burrell Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burrell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromarty Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burrell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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