Total Crime Rate
80.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hale Lane area has the 44th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Burnt Oak , and the 421st 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 Hale Lane (NW7 3NU) in the last 12 months was 80.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% lower than the Burnt Oak average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hale Lane (NW7 3NU), the main crime hotspot is near The Broadway. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Edgware| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marchant Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marchant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marchant Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brockenhurst Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Broadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lawrence Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benningholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marchant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Broadway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marchant Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Benningholme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benningholme Road | Under investigation |
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