Total Crime Rate
101.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Totteridge & Woodside , and the 325th 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 High Road (N20 0QX) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 85.0% higher than the Totteridge & Woodside average (54.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Road (N20 0QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A1000, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakleigh Mews (19 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 | Oakleigh Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1000 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1000 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1000 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakleigh Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Greenside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1000 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1000 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quayle Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swan Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Mount | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sherwood Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Capel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1000 | — |
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