Total Crime Rate

79.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 79.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

High Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in East Finchley , and the 426th highest crime rate of 1,063 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 High Road (N12 0AX) in the last 12 months was 79.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% lower than the East Finchley average (81.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Road (N12 0AX), 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.

Crime Over Time in High Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Glebe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Heatherdene Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chaplin Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chaplin Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chaplin Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chaplin Square —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heatherdene Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Heatherdene Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallow Court Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glebe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brompton Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brompton Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leisure Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaplin Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graywood Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crowder Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Crowder Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glebe Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Granville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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