Total Crime Rate

171.6 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 171.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 41.0 8/10
  • Other theft 26.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.7 10/10
  • Burglary 14.9 9/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

The Market Place area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 183 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 138th 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 The Market Place (NW11 6LB) in the last 12 months was 171.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% higher than the Childs Hill average (109.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Market Place (NW11 6LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Litchfield Way (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in The Market Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Litchfield Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northway Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bute Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bute Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bute Mews —
Sep 2025Other theft Maurice Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Litchfield Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ossulton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hill Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Middleway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Northway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northway —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenhalgh Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenhalgh Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falloden Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Falloden Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falloden Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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