Total Crime Rate
97.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cottonham Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Totteridge & Woodside , and the 320th highest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cottonham Close (N12 9HN) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% higher than the Totteridge & Woodside average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 252.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cottonham Close (N12 9HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Grove, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Friern Park (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Friern Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friern Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Bank Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rose Bank Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodhouse Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodhouse Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Torrington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friern Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friern Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friern Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Schoolway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friern Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Friern Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodgrange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Northwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Northwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Northwood Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Grove | Under investigation |
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