Total Crime Rate
47.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shellduck Close area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Burnt Oak , and the 367th lowest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shellduck Close (NW9 5DW) in the last 12 months was 47.8 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shellduck Close (NW9 5DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Salk Close, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lanacre Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Colindale North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Angus Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanacre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Needleman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tanner Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wagtail Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elvington Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charcot Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Debden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Debden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Debden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Joslin Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbeach Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hemswell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aeroville | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aeroville | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanacre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Needleman 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnstone Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heybourne Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heybourne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pasteur Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Pasteur Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pasteur Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pasteur Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pasteur Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pasteur Close | Under investigation |
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