Total Crime Rate
98.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Green Lane area has the 13th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Edgware , and the 337th highest crime rate of 1,055 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 Green Lane (HA8 8BL) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% higher than the Edgware average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -7.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Green Lane (HA8 8BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hayling Way, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spur Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edgware| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penniwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brannigan Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stonegrove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spur Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kings Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lacey Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnsworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hayling Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brannigan Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hayling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loch Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penniwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penniwell Close | Under investigation |
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