Crime Rates at Somerton Road, London, NW2 1SA

Somerton Road area has the 75th highest crime rate of 181 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 366th highest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Somerton Road (NW2 1SA) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.9% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerton Road (NW2 1SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodley Crescent, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Garth Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.