Total Crime Rate

161.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 161.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 107.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.5 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 9th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Finchley Church End , and the 151st 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 Ballards Lane (N3 2NT) in the last 12 months was 161.0 per 1,000 residents and was 106.0% higher than the Finchley Church End average (78.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -4.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ballards Lane (N3 2NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seymour Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Paul'S Way (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Ballards Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Seymour Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burnbrae Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holdenhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Seymour Road 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 2025Anti-social behaviour The Ridgeway —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Ridgeway —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Ridgeway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thyra Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Brownlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wentworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Burnbrae Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Montrose Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Montrose Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seymour Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Etchingham Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wentworth Park Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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