Total Crime Rate
85.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunny Hill area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Colindale South , and the 388th highest crime rate of 1,055 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 Sunny Hill (NW4 4LN) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunny Hill (NW4 4LN), 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 | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hendale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatchcroft | Under investigation |
| 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 | Theft from the person | St Mary'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watford Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Mary'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilshaw Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canberra Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Canberra Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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