Total Crime Rate
312.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Springwood Crescent area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Edgware , and the 58th 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 Springwood Crescent (HA8 8SF) in the last 12 months was 312.0 per 1,000 residents and was 239.7% higher than the Edgware average (91.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Springwood Crescent (HA8 8SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morley Crescent (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burrell Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springwood Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rannoch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burrell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightswood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Atlas Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromarty Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burrell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushfield Crescent | Under investigation |
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