Total Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bushfield Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Edgware , and the 373rd 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 Bushfield Close (HA8 8XT) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bushfield Close (HA8 8XT), 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 | Other crime | Bushfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moray Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hamonde Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Glengall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrens Shawe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bushfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moray Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springwood Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rannoch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadfield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 |
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