Total Crime Rate
120.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Long Lane area has the 21st highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Finchley Church End , and the 262nd 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 Long Lane (N3 2PS) in the last 12 months was 120.1 per 1,000 residents and was 52.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Lane (N3 2PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seymour Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wentworth Park (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Finchley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Strathmore Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wentworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wentworth Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Etchingham Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Etchingham Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seymour Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vines Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gruneisen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwall Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gruneisen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claverley Villas | — |
| 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 | Claverley Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millers Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Strathmore Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wentworth Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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