Total Crime Rate
169.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beaufort Square area has the 7th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Colindale North , and the 148th 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 Beaufort Square (NW9 4BN) in the last 12 months was 169.4 per 1,000 residents and was 98.4% higher than the Colindale North average (85.3 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beaufort Square (NW9 4BN), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 269 crimes here, including 173 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Colindale South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Aerodrome Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Aerodrome Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aerodrome Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aerodrome Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aerodrome Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aerodrome Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aerodrome Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aerodrome Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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