Total Crime Rate

472.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 472.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 125.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 107.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 50.0 8/10
  • Drugs 42.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.5 10/10
  • Other theft 37.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.0 10/10
  • Public order 25.0 10/10
  • Burglary 22.5 10/10
  • Robbery 17.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.0 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ballards Lane area has the highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Finchley Church End , and the 20th highest crime rate of 1,055 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 Ballards Lane (N3 2BJ) in the last 12 months was 472.5 per 1,000 residents and was 497.9% higher than the Finchley Church End average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ballards Lane (N3 2BJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ballards Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/32)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Popes Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wootton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albert Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Grove —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Nether Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wootton Grove —
Apr 2026Public order Wootton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Adams Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Siamese Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Adams Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Finchley Central Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Finchley Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Popes Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sellers Hall Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Siamese Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Claverley Villas —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dollis Mews —
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Data Sources

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