Total Crime Rate
131.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brent Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Hendon , and the 221st highest crime rate of 1,055 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 Brent Street (NW4 2ED) in the last 12 months was 131.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% higher than the Hendon average (119.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 59.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brent Street (NW4 2ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harmony Way (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hendon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golders Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Crest | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Crest | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belle Vue Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belle Vue Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crest | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elm Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elm Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmony Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cowley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Crest | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Water Brook Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cowley Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Water Brook Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golders Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stratford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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