Total Crime Rate
145.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colenso Drive area has the 16th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Finchley Church End , and the 191st highest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colenso Drive (NW7 2EY) in the last 12 months was 145.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.5% higher than the Finchley Church End average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colenso Drive (NW7 2EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tithe Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Page Meadow (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mill Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bressay Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sebergham Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brancaster Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bressay Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmdene Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowlands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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