Total Crime Rate
131.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Barnet Vale , and the 204th highest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Road (N20 9PH) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.9% higher than the Barnet Vale average (84.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Road (N20 9PH), the main crime hotspot is near Well Grove. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barnet Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cadbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cadbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cadbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Macaret Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thatcham Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Well Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Well Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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