Total Crime Rate

401.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 401.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 126.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 93.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.6 10/10
  • Public order 32.4 10/10
  • Burglary 29.1 10/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

First Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Hendon , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 1,063 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 First Avenue (NW4 2RL) in the last 12 months was 401.3 per 1,000 residents and was 281.7% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 93.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around First Avenue (NW4 2RL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in First Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/77)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Golders Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Golders Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mills Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tenterden Grove —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tenterden Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Finchley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hanbury Close —
Sep 2025Public order Cowley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harmony Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowley Place —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Belle Vue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Studio Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Studio Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Studio Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Studio Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Studio Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brinsdale Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Short Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Golders Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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