Total Crime Rate
109.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Squires Lane area has the 16th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in East Finchley , and the 288th 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 Squires Lane (N3 2AJ) in the last 12 months was 109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.1% higher than the East Finchley average (77.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Squires Lane (N3 2AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 16 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 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crowder Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abingdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dolman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Font Hills | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickens Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borrowdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bow Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bow Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montpelier Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
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