Total Crime Rate

206.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 206.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 84.6 9/10
  • Other theft 34.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

St Margarets Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Barnet Vale , and the 98th highest crime rate of 1,063 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 St Margarets Avenue (N20 9LD) in the last 12 months was 206.5 per 1,000 residents and was 145.8% higher than the Barnet Vale average (84.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Margarets Avenue (N20 9LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakleigh Mews (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Margarets Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cadbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cadbury Close 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 Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oakleigh Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area 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 2025Drugs Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Well Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Well Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allum Way
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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