Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Highview Gardens area has the 10th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Edgware , and the 306th highest crime rate of 1,063 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 Highview Gardens (HA8 9UB) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 8.1% higher than the Edgware average (91.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highview Gardens (HA8 9UB), the main crime hotspot is near Parnell Close. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highview Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wildernesse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upcroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harcourt Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parnell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parnell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Highview Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Campion Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stoneyfields Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stoneyfields Lane —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Priory Field Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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