Total Crime Rate

53.7 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 53.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Armitage Road area has the 58th lowest crime rate of 183 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 430th lowest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Armitage Road (NW11 8RD) in the last 12 months was 53.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% lower than the Childs Hill average (109.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 22.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Armitage Road (NW11 8RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Vale, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gainsborough Gardens (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Armitage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodstock Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ridge Hill —
Sep 2025Public order Woodstock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Vale —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Vale —
Sep 2025Other theft Powis Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powis Gardens —
Sep 2025Drugs Basing Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armitage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodstock Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gainsborough Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ridge Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Golders Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wessex Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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