Total Crime Rate
73.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Debden Close area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Burnt Oak , and the 473rd highest 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 Debden Close (NW9 5EA) in the last 12 months was 73.2 per 1,000 residents and was 35.3% lower than the Burnt Oak average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 25.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Debden Close (NW9 5EA), 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 | Aeroville | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elvington Lane | Under investigation |
| 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 | Dishforth Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dishforth Lane | Under investigation |
| 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 | Lanacre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Needleman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Lanacre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnstone Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Acklington Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acklington Drive | Under investigation |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Magpie Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wagtail Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aeroville | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Needleman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warmwell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Angus Gardens | Under investigation |
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