Total Crime Rate
72.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poplar Grove area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Friern Barnet , and the 485th highest 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 Poplar Grove (N11 3NL) in the last 12 months was 72.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% lower than the Friern Barnet average (93.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poplar Grove (N11 3NL), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Friern Barnet| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hopkins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silver Birch Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Larch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hornbeams Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Halton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pinkham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Firs Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garsdale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coverdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Firs Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firs Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Grove | Under investigation |
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