Total Crime Rate
120.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyndhurst Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Burnt Oak , and the 261st 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 Lyndhurst Avenue (NW7 2AB) in the last 12 months was 120.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% higher than the Burnt Oak average (113.1 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 45.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyndhurst Avenue (NW7 2AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goldbeaters Grove (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnt Oak| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marchant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benningholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eversfield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brockenhurst Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marchant Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodland Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eversfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benningholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spalding Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marchant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellis Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marchant Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marchant Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Benningholme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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