Total Crime Rate

29.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 29.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.9 4/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Well Grove area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Barnet Vale , and the 188th lowest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Well Grove (N20 9EQ) in the last 12 months was 29.8 per 1,000 residents and was 64.6% lower than the Barnet Vale average (84.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 21.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1000.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Well Grove (N20 9EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Well Grove (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Well Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cadbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cadbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cadbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cadbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cadbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chandos Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chandos Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Well Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Thatcham Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Well Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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