Total Crime Rate
97.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brent Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Hendon , and the 316th highest crime rate of 1,063 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 2NR) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% lower than the Hendon average (105.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 266.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brent Street (NW4 2NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodburn Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Golders Rise (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodburn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shirehall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elms Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Century Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Century Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Century Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Golders Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Golders Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Golders Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shirehall Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woodburn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodburn Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Haslemere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mayfield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shirehall Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Green Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Goodyers Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodyers Gardens | Under investigation |
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