Total Crime Rate
102.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hatchcroft area has the 34th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Colindale South , and the 320th 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 Hatchcroft (NW4 4JH) in the last 12 months was 102.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% higher than the Colindale South average (100.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hatchcroft (NW4 4JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Watford Way, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Mary'S Crescent (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hendon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatchcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilshaw Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clarendon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sherrock Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Watford Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watford Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watford Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Mary'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hendale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swynford Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canberra Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Canberra Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Mary'S Crescent | Under investigation |
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