Total Crime Rate

206.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 206.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.9 6/10
  • Burglary 27.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 27.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.7 10/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Robbery 8.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

The Bishops Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 183 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 97th highest crime rate of 1,063 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 The Bishops Avenue (N2 0AP) in the last 12 months was 206.5 per 1,000 residents and was 87.8% higher than the Childs Hill average (109.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 11.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Bishops Avenue (N2 0AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Diploma Avenue, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Great North Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in The Bishops Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harford Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bancroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bancroft Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Beaumont Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Diploma Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bancroft Avenue
Sep 2025Burglary East End Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary East End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary East End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order East End Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East End Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Park Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Great North Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bancroft Avenue
Sep 2025Public order East End Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lyttelton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Deanery Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edmunds Walk
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyttelton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lyttelton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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