Total Crime Rate

90.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.3 6/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Burglary 5.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Alwyn Gardens area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Colindale South , and the 359th highest crime rate of 1,063 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 Alwyn Gardens (NW4 4XP) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% lower than the Colindale South average (98.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alwyn Gardens (NW4 4XP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Watford Way, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Gardens (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Alwyn Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Colindeep Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Endersleigh Gardens —
Sep 2025Drugs Heton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hatchcroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aerodrome Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richmond Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richmond Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richmond Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watford Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alwyn Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Edgeworth Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heton Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selborne Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Gardens —

Data Sources

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