Total Crime Rate

81.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.4 2/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Creighton Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in East Finchley , and the 411th highest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Creighton Avenue (N2 9BS) in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.0% lower than the East Finchley average (81.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Creighton Avenue (N2 9BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 107 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.

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Crime Over Time in Creighton Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hertford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eagans Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eagans Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prospect Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hertford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hertford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prospect Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hertford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Deanery Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Beresford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kitchener Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chapel Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Chapel Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chandos Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prospect Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chandos Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Ash Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prospect Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Walks —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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