Total Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ballards Lane area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Totteridge & Woodside , and the 471st lowest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ballards Lane (N3 2NQ) in the last 12 months was 56.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% higher than the Totteridge & Woodside average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ballards Lane (N3 2NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seymour Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moss Hall Crescent (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Ballards Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Montrose Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moss Hall Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Ridgeway —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Ridgeway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holdenhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Holdenhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holdenhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodberry Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Moss Hall Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brownlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Montrose Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Etchingham Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thyra Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burnbrae Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Burnbrae Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seymour Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Seymour Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Ridgeway —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Seymour Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wentworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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