Crime Rates at Finchley Road, London, NW2 2PG

Finchley Road area has the 64th lowest crime rate of 181 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 480th lowest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Finchley Road (NW2 2PG) in the last 12 months was 62.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% lower than the Childs Hill average (112.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Finchley Road (NW2 2PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Finchley Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.