Total Crime Rate
21.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Vale area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 181 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 95th lowest crime rate of 1,055 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 The Vale (NW11 8SG) in the last 12 months was 21.2 per 1,000 residents and was 81.1% lower than the Childs Hill average (112.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -86.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Vale (NW11 8SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Accommodation Road, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Granville Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Childs Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hodford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Accommodation Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vale Rise | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Accommodation Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Basing Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Basing Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Accommodation Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armitage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Armitage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armitage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Granville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nant Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Helenslea Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Accommodation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Accommodation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Accommodation Road | Under investigation |
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