Total Crime Rate
57.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Vale area has the 66th lowest crime rate of 183 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 478th 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 The Vale (NW11 8SH) in the last 12 months was 57.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.8% lower than the Childs Hill average (109.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Vale (NW11 8SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Accommodation Road, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Granville Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Llanvanor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Accommodation Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Granville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Helenslea Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Accommodation Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Accommodation Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Accommodation Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Accommodation Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Basing Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Accommodation Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Llanvanor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hodford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Accommodation Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Armitage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Accommodation Road | Under investigation |
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