Total Crime Rate
146.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cotswold Gardens area has the 38th highest crime rate of 181 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 189th highest crime rate of 1,055 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 Cotswold Gardens (NW2 1PG) in the last 12 months was 146.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% higher than the Childs Hill average (112.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 29.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotswold Gardens (NW2 1PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pennine Lane, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Claremont Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cricklewood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cotswold Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haider Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chiltern Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swannell Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotswold Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haider Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haider Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumbrian Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claremont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennine Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennine Lane | Under investigation |
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