Total Crime Rate
141.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cotswold Gardens area has the 40th highest crime rate of 183 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 181st highest crime rate of 1,063 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 141.9 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% higher 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 514.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 450.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotswold Gardens (NW2 1PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cotswold Gardens, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Claremont Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotswold Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Haider Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haider Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swannell Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Claremont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennine Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennine Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pennine Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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