Total Crime Rate
24.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Warrens Shawe Lane area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Edgware , and the 120th lowest crime rate of 1,055 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 Warrens Shawe Lane (HA8 8FX) in the last 12 months was 24.4 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warrens Shawe Lane (HA8 8FX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamonde Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bushfield Crescent (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edgwarebury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrens Shawe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hamonde Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rannoch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rannoch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadfield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moray Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moray Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bushfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bushfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springwood Crescent | — |
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