Total Crime Rate

141.9 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 141.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 98.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.6 5/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cotswold 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 1PL) 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 (β‰ˆ 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 1PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cotswold Gardens, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brent Terrace (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Cotswold Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haider Close β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Claremont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotswold Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swannell Way β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Haider Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Compton Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Compton Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Compton Close β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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