Total Crime Rate
11.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ballards Lane area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Finchley Church End , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 1,055 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 Ballards Lane (N3 1XP) in the last 12 months was 11.7 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% lower than the Finchley Church End average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 4.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ballards Lane (N3 1XP), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Finchley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millers Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nether Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wootton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wootton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wootton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Finchley Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finchley Central | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Popes Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Popes Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Howcroft Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Adams Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Adams Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwall Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wentworth Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wentworth Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claverley Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claverley Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Siamese Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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