Total Crime Rate
103.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakleigh Crescent area has the 25th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Friern Barnet , and the 318th highest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oakleigh Crescent (N20 0BL) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% higher than the Friern Barnet average (93.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 108.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakleigh Crescent (N20 0BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barfield Avenue, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakleigh Crescent (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whetstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakleigh Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Raleigh Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kendal Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hobart Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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