Total Crime Rate
168.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Horton Avenue area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 181 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 151st 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 Horton Avenue (NW2 2RY) in the last 12 months was 168.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 84.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 97.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Horton Avenue (NW2 2RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodley Crescent, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Horton Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cricklewood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Horton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westcroft Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westcroft Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Besant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westcroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Horton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Manstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Howard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Galsworthy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westcroft Way | Under investigation |
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