Total Crime Rate

120.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fordwych Road area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 183 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 234th highest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fordwych Road (NW2 3NG) in the last 12 months was 120.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.4% higher 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fordwych Road (NW2 3NG), the main crime hotspot is near Fordwych Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Fordwych Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walm Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westbere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Richborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skardu Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordwych Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Exeter Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Exeter Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Manstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cricklewood Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cricklewood Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoveden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mapesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exeter Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mapesbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mapesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mapesbury Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Exeter Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exeter Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordwych Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ebbsfleet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Walm Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walm Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walm Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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