Total Crime Rate

45.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

5.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.6 7/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 5.3 1/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Broadfields Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Edgware , and the 340th lowest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Broadfields Avenue (HA8 8SS) in the last 12 months was 45.2 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% lower than the Edgware average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broadfields Avenue (HA8 8SS), the main crime hotspot is near Hamonde Close. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Broadfields Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moray Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beulah Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Glengall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Blackwell Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Blackwell Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wolmer Close —
Apr 2026Other theft Hamonde Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bullescroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glengall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moray Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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