Total Crime Rate
84.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Magpie Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Colindale North , and the 395th 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 Magpie Close (NW9 5DD) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.6% lower than the Colindale North average (85.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Magpie Close (NW9 5DD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 126 crimes here, including 79 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Colindale North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanacre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hundred Acre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Magpie Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bristol Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanacre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanacre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanacre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnstone Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hundred Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Raven Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hundred Acre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heybourne Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heybourne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bristol Avenue | Under investigation |
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