Total Crime Rate
377.5 per 1,000
All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Violent Crime Rate
36.6 per 1,000
Nov 2024 - Oct 2025High Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in East Finchley , and the 40th 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 High Road (N2 9AS) in the last 12 months was 377.5 per 1,000 residents and was 355.3% higher than the East Finchley average (82.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 87 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 229.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Road (N2 9AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hertford Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In East Finchley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Diploma Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Ring | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Burglary | Prospect Ring | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Ring | — |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Ring | — |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Creighton Avenue | — |
| Oct 2025 | Burglary | Beresford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Drugs | Beresford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Beresford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Burglary | Plane Tree Walk | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Court | — |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Public order | East End Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kitchener Road | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Norfolk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakview Gardens | — |
| Oct 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oakview Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakview Gardens | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Diploma Avenue | — |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Close | — |
| Oct 2025 | Bicycle theft | Diploma Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Ash Close | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eagans Close | — |
| Oct 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Place | — |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Mews | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Public order | Prospect Ring | Under investigation |
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