Total Crime Rate
103.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in East Finchley , and the 288th 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 High Road (N12 0AP) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.5% higher than the East Finchley average (81.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Road (N12 0AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chaplin Square, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Farm Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glebe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sylvester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Farm Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leisure Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tarling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crowder Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crowder Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glebe Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chaplin Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaplin Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaplin Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heatherdene Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heatherdene Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heatherdene Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaplin Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Strawberry Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chaplin Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
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