Total Crime Rate
129.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ballards Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Totteridge & Woodside , and the 209th 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 Ballards Lane (N12 8NP) in the last 12 months was 129.4 per 1,000 residents and was 137.6% higher than the Totteridge & Woodside average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ballards Lane (N12 8NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thyra Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Montrose Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grange Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Birkbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Montrose Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallow Court Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dale Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodberry Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brompton Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Moss Hall Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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