Total Crime Rate
118.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheviot Gardens area has the 55th highest crime rate of 181 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 266th 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 Cheviot Gardens (NW2 1QB) in the last 12 months was 118.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% higher than the Childs Hill average (112.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheviot Gardens (NW2 1QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pennine Lane, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Handley Grove (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cricklewood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cheviot Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumbrian Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Upton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draycott Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Draycott Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennine Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotswold Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cotswold Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennine Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Handley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheviot Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Handley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pentland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chiltern Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingweston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Compton Close | — |
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