Total Crime Rate
124.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Selvage Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Edgware , and the 245th 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 Selvage Lane (NW7 3SR) in the last 12 months was 124.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% higher than the Edgware average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 49.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Selvage Lane (NW7 3SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stoneyfields Lane, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edgware| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hale Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boxelder Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenville Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenville Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hale Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hale Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cloister Gardens | — |
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