Crime Rates at Finchley Road, London, NW3 7BG

Finchley Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 183 local areas in Childs Hill , and the 140th highest crime rate of 1,063 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 Finchley Road (NW3 7BG) in the last 12 months was 170.4 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 70.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Finchley Road (NW3 7BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cannon Hill, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parsifal Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.