Total Crime Rate

10.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 10.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Ambrose Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 183 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 24th lowest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ambrose Avenue (NW11 9AN) in the last 12 months was 10.4 per 1,000 residents and was 90.5% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

In the area around Ambrose Avenue (NW11 9AN), the main crime hotspot is near Golders Green Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Ambrose Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Powis Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Golders Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flower Mews —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flower Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flower Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ambrose Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gainsborough Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leeside Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St George'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powis Gardens —
Sep 2025Burglary Wentworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alba Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woodstock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ravenscroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakfields Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakfields Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodstock Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodstock Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Highfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Highfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Alba Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beverley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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