Total Crime Rate
172.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Babington Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Hendon , and the 142nd 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 Babington Road (NW4 4LD) in the last 12 months was 172.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Babington Road (NW4 4LD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hendon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lodge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Babington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Babington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | John'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenshurst Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Church Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wykeham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brampton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foster Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenshurst Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wroughton Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wroughton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lodge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Raleigh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fuller Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Babington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | John'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Burroughs | — |
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