Crime Rates at Somerton Road, London, NW2 1SA

Somerton Road area has the 80th highest crime rate of 183 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 376th highest crime rate of 1,063 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 88.2 per 1,000 residents and was 19.7% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% 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 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Garth Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.