Total Crime Rate
482.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brent Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Hendon , and the 19th 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 Brent Street (NW4 2DR) in the last 12 months was 482.7 per 1,000 residents and was 304.4% higher than the Hendon average (119.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 114.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brent Street (NW4 2DR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 177 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hendon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aprey Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cowley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cowley Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cowley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Short Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queens Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cowley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cowley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brampton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brampton Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brampton Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brampton Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Studio Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Studio Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Studio Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Road | Under investigation |
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