Total Crime Rate
174.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lankaster Gardens area has the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in East Finchley , and the 140th highest crime rate of 1,055 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 Lankaster Gardens (N2 9FF) in the last 12 months was 174.0 per 1,000 residents and was 125.7% higher than the East Finchley average (77.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 106.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 400.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lankaster Gardens (N2 9FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nursery Road (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In East Finchley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Glebelands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strawberry Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crowder Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boundary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glebe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strawberry Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strawberry Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Glebelands Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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