Total Crime Rate
143.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Damsel Walk area has the 21st highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Colindale South , and the 192nd 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 Damsel Walk (NW9 7FA) in the last 12 months was 143.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.6% higher than the Colindale South average (100.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 53.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Damsel Walk (NW9 7FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Herbert Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moorhen Drive (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Hendon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mapesbury Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Esmar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esmar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esmar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Esmar Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Esmar Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Herbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | West Hendon Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shearwater Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shearwater Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mapesbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mapesbury Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mapesbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorrel Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Herbert Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perryfield Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Perryfield Way | — |
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