Total Crime Rate

198.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 198.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 68.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.1 7/10
  • Other theft 25.3 10/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Goldsmith Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Colindale South , and the 106th highest crime rate of 1,063 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 198.6 per 1,000 residents and was 102.5% higher than the Colindale South average (98.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goldsmith Avenue (NW9 7HB), the main crime hotspot is near Rookery Way. Police recorded 70 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 (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gadsbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rookery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hyde Crescent —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hyde Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hyde Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Talgarth Walk —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruthin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruthin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruthin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rookery Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Reets Farm Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crummock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rookery Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crummock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fryent Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Derwent Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gadsbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gadsbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Derwent Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gadsbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fryent Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fryent Grove —
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Data Sources

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