Total Crime Rate

112.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 112.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.7 4/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shirehall Lane area has the 16th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Hendon , and the 258th highest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shirehall Lane (NW4 2PS) in the last 12 months was 112.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% higher than the Hendon average (105.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shirehall Lane (NW4 2PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brent Cross Gardens, where police recorded 36 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.

Crime Over Time in Shirehall Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Century Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary North Circular Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Century Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cooper Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Century Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elms Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Golders Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Golders Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Golders Rise
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goodyers Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Goodyers Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brent Cross Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brent Cross Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brent Cross Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shirehall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Circular Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Haslemere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mayfield Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Circular Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Circular Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shirehall Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shirehall Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Gardens
Sep 2025Drugs North Circular Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Circular Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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