Total Crime Rate
97.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cheviot Gardens area has the 68th highest crime rate of 183 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 317th highest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cheviot Gardens (NW2 1QB) in the last 12 months was 97.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% lower than the Childs Hill average (109.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheviot Gardens (NW2 1QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cotswold Gardens, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upton Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kingweston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Handley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingweston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norwood Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Norwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Norwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hamlet Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pennine Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennine Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennine Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Draycott Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Compton Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Compton Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Compton Close | β |
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