Total Crime Rate

187.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 187.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 40.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.5 10/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.1 8/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gainsborough Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Totteridge & Woodside , and the 118th highest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gainsborough Road (N12 8BN) in the last 12 months was 187.0 per 1,000 residents and was 242.5% higher than the Totteridge & Woodside average (54.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gainsborough Road (N12 8BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodside Park Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Percy Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gainsborough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Albert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gainsborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Anastasia Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cliveden Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Netherfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Woodside Grange Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Woodside Grange Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Budd Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Avenue Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hoptree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gainsborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Percy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lodge Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grange Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grange Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grange Avenue —
Apr 2026Drugs Albert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Little Cedars Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grangeway Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hoptree Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodside Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theobalds Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodside Park Road —
Apr 2026Other crime Birkbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Woodside Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Woodside Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Woodside Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Birkbeck Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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