Total Crime Rate
35.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunny Gardens Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Colindale South , and the 234th lowest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sunny Gardens Road (NW4 1SG) in the last 12 months was 35.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.1% lower than the Colindale South average (100.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunny Gardens Road (NW4 1SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sunningfields Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenlands Lane (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hendon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chatsworth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chatsworth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nursery Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sunningfields Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Meadow Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunningfields Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Gardens Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sunny Gardens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sunningfields Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nursery Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenlands Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunningfields Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hilltop Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunningfields Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunningfields Road | — |
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