Total Crime Rate
349.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Finchley Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 181 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 50th 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 Finchley Road (NW11 6AH) in the last 12 months was 349.1 per 1,000 residents and was 211.6% higher than the Childs Hill average (112.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 73.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Finchley Road (NW11 6AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashbourne Way, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tillingbourne Way (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Garden Suburb| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Crispin Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillingbourne Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbourne Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crispin Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tillingbourne Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tillingbourne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tillingbourne Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tillingbourne Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A598 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Regent'S Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Birnbeck Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Regent'S Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillingbourne Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tillingbourne Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tillingbourne Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tillingbourne Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbourne Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbourne Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eastside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Falloden Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kinloss Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chessington Avenue | Under investigation |
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