Total Crime Rate

213.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

79.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 213.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 79.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 54.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Other theft 21.7 10/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Robbery 14.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Goldsmith Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Colindale South , and the 94th 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 Goldsmith Avenue (NW9 7HB) in the last 12 months was 213.0 per 1,000 residents and was 112.6% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 79.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goldsmith Avenue (NW9 7HB), the main crime hotspot is near Rookery Way. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Goldsmith Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fryent Fields —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talgarth Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gadsbury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Reets Farm Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gadsbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gadsbury Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hyde Crescent —
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Crummock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rookery Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fryent Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fryent Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rookery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Rookery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Snowdon Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Snowdon Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Snowdon Drive —
Apr 2026Other theft Rookery Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Rookery Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rookery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derwent Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Derwent Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rookery Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Fryent Fields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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