Crime Rates at Finchley Road, London, NW3 5HL

Finchley Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Belsize , and the 175th lowest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

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 Finchley Road (NW3 5HL) in the last 12 months was 90.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% lower than the Belsize average (129.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Finchley Road (NW3 5HL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 598 crimes here, including 82 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.