Crime and Safety in Barnet
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Barnet is among the top 20 safest boroughs in London. The overall crime rate in Barnet in 2026 is 66 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to London's overall crime rate, coming in 20% lower than the London rate of 82 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Barnet is among the top 20 safest cities, and the 1,181st most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In October 2022, Barnet had the worst crime rate in London for burglary, with 246 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.60 per 1,000 daytime population. November 2017 was also a bad month for Barnet residents, when it was again London's most dangerous area for burglary, recording 393 crimes at a rate of 0.96 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Barnet are violence and sexual offences, with 8,968 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 21. This is 5% higher than 2025's figure of 8,508 offences and a difference of 1.03 from 2025's crime rate of 20. Barnet's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 186 offences recorded in 2026, an increase of 16% from 2025's figure of 160 crimes.
Barnet 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 20 Safest
Boroughs, London
17% lower, regional crime rate
London
8% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Barnet is 17% lower than London and 8% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Barnet Crime Rate Over Time
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Barnet Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Barnet represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Barnet's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Barnet up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Barnet's 8,918 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
CrimeRate Insights
Looking into a specific address in Barnet? CrimeRate Insights reports convert raw numbers into practical insight for any location, from single addresses and postcodes, up to major towns and cities.
Crime rates don’t happen by themselves; they follow people and patterns. Where crowds gather - near pubs and late-night venues, around the station, by supermarkets and forecourts - incidents naturally concentrate.
That doesn’t mean an area is "bad"; it usually means footfall is higher.
Your report explores these factors in a calm, non-judgemental way, putting the numbers in context and helping you spot what’s typical for places like this.
Crime Risk Scores
Barnet • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Barnet has a crime risk score of 452. This is based on analysis of 8,918 nearby areas within Barnet, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Barnet's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Barnet, crime risk scores are typically around 452, while in London they are average 534.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 546 (613 for London), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 588 (London 663).
Trends in Crime Risk
Barnet
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 15% in Barnet's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Barnet's crime risk score is up by 10%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Barnet's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 10%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Barnet
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Barnet • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Vehicle Crime offences have a crime rate of 8.82 reports per 1,000 people in Barnet, which is 2.05 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 3,855 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 784 reports of Robbery in Barnet, resulting in a crime rate of 1.81 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.53.
The crime rate for Burglary is 1.51 times the national average at 4.73 reports per 1,000. This is from 2,065 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Barnet
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Theft From the Person offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.25 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 1.08 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 16% over this timeframe.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.91 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 1.14 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 20% over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.73 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.82 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 11% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Barnet
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Robbery offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.40 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 1.67 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 16% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Barnet • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Barnet | London | Metropolitan Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 8,780 | 20.12 | 1.42 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 | 236,187 | 21.58 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 198 | 0.46 | 0.63 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 | 13,744 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 2,065 | 4.73 | 1.51 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 | 47,451 | 4.33 | 1.38 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 1,936 | 4.45 | 0.71 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 | 54,220 | 4.97 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 1,945 | 4.45 | 1.44 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 | 53,280 | 4.85 | 1.57 |
| Other Crime | 405 | 0.93 | 0.50 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 | 13,028 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 2,511 | 5.76 | 1.01 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 | 97,779 | 8.95 | 1.57 |
| Possession of Weapons | 186 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 | 6,461 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 1,893 | 4.35 | 0.75 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 | 60,156 | 5.49 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 784 | 1.81 | 1.53 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 | 30,857 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 3,054 | 6.99 | 0.98 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 | 88,269 | 8.08 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 962 | 2.20 | 1.42 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 | 77,344 | 7.08 | 4.57 |
| Vehicle Crime | 3,855 | 8.82 | 2.05 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 | 81,900 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 8,968 | 20.55 | 0.68 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 | 273,897 | 25.04 | 0.82 |
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Total Crime by Year
Barnet | London | Metropolitan Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 28,762 | 65.93 | 0.92 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 | 898,386 | 82.17 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 27,870 | 64.93 | 0.88 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 | 898,787 | 82.94 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 27,970 | 66.58 | 0.88 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 | 902,681 | 84.12 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 27,199 | 65.93 | 0.83 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 | 837,244 | 78.79 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 26,939 | 65.75 | 0.86 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 | 797,303 | 75.56 | 0.98 |
| 2021 | 26,060 | 63.38 | 0.92 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 | 729,401 | 68.83 | 1.00 |
| 2020 | 28,253 | 68.71 | 0.93 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 | 821,362 | 77.41 | 1.04 |
| 2019 | 28,722 | 69.79 | 0.92 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 | 851,175 | 80.59 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 26,405 | 64.44 | 0.91 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 | 811,738 | 76.91 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 24,965 | 61.28 | 0.96 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 | 759,755 | 72.22 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 8,183 | 20.08 | 1.05 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 | 235,003 | 22.39 | 1.17 |
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Crime in Barnet's Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childs Hill | 837 | 61.31 | 7% safer |
| North End | 68 | 78.71 | 19% more dangerous |
Barnet Compared to Other London Boroughs
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Borough | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redbridge | 24,733 | 73.62 | 12% more dangerous |
| Tower Hamlets | 37,488 | 69.03 | 4.7% more dangerous |
| Bromley | 23,687 | 67.01 | 1.6% more dangerous |
| Wandsworth | 26,470 | 66.98 | 1.6% more dangerous |
| Havering | 19,437 | 67.13 | 1.8% more dangerous |
| Barnet | 28,762 | 65.93 | - |
| Kingston upon Thames | 11,906 | 61.30 | 7% safer |
| Bexley | 16,034 | 60.14 | 9% safer |
| Sutton | 13,320 | 58.71 | 11% safer |
| Harrow | 16,846 | 58.82 | 11% safer |
Comparing Barnet to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Barnet | 65.93 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 21% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 25% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 28% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 48% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 59% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 59% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 62% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 62% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 63% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 90% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Barnet's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Barnet that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Southgate Cemetery and Crematorium | 25 | 2 | 4 | - | 21 | 32 |
| Claremont Park | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 33 |
| Oakleigh Grove Play Area | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 0 |
| Grahame Park | 39 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 16 |
| Brent Green | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Willifield Green | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Totteridge Common | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totteridge Green | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Lawrence Green | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Hadley Green | 11 | - | - | - | 5 | 9 |
| Long Lane Pasture | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| New Barnet Leisure Centre and Library | 8 | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Exploratory Park | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 20 |
| Church End Gardens | 26 | 9 | 5 | - | 18 | 17 |
| Hampstead Heath | 76 | 9 | 49 | 22 | 114 | 404 |
| Kenwood | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| Whalebone Park | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 |
| King George's Field | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Highlands Gardens | 8 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 4 |
| Greenhill Gardens | 6 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 9 |
| Cockfosters Sports Ground | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 55 |
| Belmont Avenue Pleasure Ground | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Brook Farm Open Space | 11 | 8 | - | - | 7 | 27 |
| Brunswick Park | 11 | 1 | 6 | - | 33 | 48 |
| Woodside Park | 1 | - | 3 | - | 5 | 6 |
| Bethune Park | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 42 |
| Fursby Avenue Allotments | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| The Glebe Land Open Space | 76 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 51 |
| Southgate Cemetery | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 5 |
| Avenue House Grounds | 12 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| East Finchley Cemetery | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| Northway Gardens | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 39 |
| Hoop Lane Cemetery | 39 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| Tudor Sports Ground | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| Tudor Road Allotments | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Clifford Road Allotments | 27 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 17 |
| Victoria Recreation Ground | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 |
| King George V Playing Fields | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Brook Farm Allotments North | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Oak Hill Park | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 32 |
| Dame Alice Owen's Schools Playing Fields | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | 10 | 11 |
| Oakleigh Park Lawn Tennis and Squash Club | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| Totteridge Cricket Club | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Whetstone Stray Allotments | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 7 |
| Whetstone Stray Open Space | 7 | 12 | 1 | - | 5 | 21 |
| Swan Lane Open Space | 55 | - | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| Woodside Park Club | 1 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Barfield Allotments | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 23 |
| Rathbone Allotments | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Friary Park | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Woodhouse Allotments | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 29 |
| Bethune Recreation Ground | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 15 |
| Friern Barnet Allotments | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Hatley Close Allotments | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 20 |
| Victoria Park | 47 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 37 |
| Glebelands Allotments | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 0 |
| St Pancras and Islington Cemetery | 28 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 51 | 26 |
| Halliwick Allotments | 13 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 95 |
| Halliwick Recreation Ground | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 22 |
| New Southgate Recreation Ground | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 13 | 12 |
| Arden Playing Field | 77 | 3 | 4 | - | 17 | 52 |
| Kays Land Allotments | 16 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | 14 |
| Vale Farm Allotments | 14 | - | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Finchley Manor Allotments | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| Fuel Land Allotments | 33 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 13 |
| Lyttelton Playing Fields | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 31 |
| Cherry Tree Wood | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| Edgwarebury Cemetery | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 |
| Ravenscroft Gardens | 15 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Old Court House Recreation Ground | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 |
| Bells Hill Burial Ground | 16 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 |
| Bells Hill Allotments | 16 | 4 | 6 | - | 18 | 10 |
| Stanhope Road Allotments | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | 4 |
| Dollis Valley Allotments | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Stonegrove Park | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| Deans Lane Allotments | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 9 |
| Deansbrook Playground | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 15 |
| Abbots Road Allotments | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 9 | 12 |
| Watling Park | 75 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 55 | 83 |
| Lawrence Street Allotments | 1 | - | - | - | 14 | 3 |
| Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 44 |
| Sanders Lane Allotments | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| Gordon Road Allotments | 12 | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| Thornfield Avenue Allotments | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Montrose Avenue Allotments | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 13 | 16 |
| Colindale Park | 39 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 80 | 88 |
| Booth Road Allotment Gardens | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| West Hendon Allotments | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Grahame Park Community Football Pitch | 21 | 2 | 1 | - | 11 | 7 |
| The Burroughs Sports Club | - | - | - | - | 9 | 5 |
| Hendon Grove Allotments | 10 | 1 | - | - | 15 | 9 |
| Windsor Open Space | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 39 |
| Malcolm Park | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 12 | 11 |
| Hendon Youth Sports Centre | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 42 |
| Woodfield Park | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| Basinghill Park | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 20 |
| Golders Hill Park | 2 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 9 |
| Elm Park | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 51 |
| Clitterhouse Playing Fields | 34 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 20 |
| Golders Green Allotments | 4 | 3 | 8 | - | 51 | 34 |
| Childs Hill Allotments | 21 | 2 | - | 2 | 38 | 17 |
| Childs Hill Park | 13 | 2 | - | 2 | 24 | 12 |
| Hampstead Cemetery | 7 | - | 6 | 2 | 12 | 41 |
| Tempsford Green | 27 | 5 | 14 | - | 34 | 27 |
| Rowley Lane Sports Ground | 2 | - | - | - | 9 | 0 |
| East Barnet Old Grammarians Playing Field | 9 | - | - | - | 5 | 2 |
| Edgwarebury Park | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Lyndhurst Park | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 |
| Woodcroft Park | 18 | - | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 |
| Grahame Park | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 |
| Mill Hill Park | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| School Park | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Arrandene Open Space | 9 | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Mill Hill Cemetery | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | 11 | 19 |
| Chase Lodge Playing Fields | 18 | - | 4 | 1 | 25 | 28 |
| Bittacy Park | 7 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 7 |
| Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium | 9 | 8 | 4 | - | 6 | 8 |
| Silkstream Park | 33 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| Montrose Playing Fields | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 32 |
| Rushgrove Park | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Silver Jubilee Park | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29 |
| York Park | 23 | 3 | 2 | - | 22 | 12 |
| West Hendon Playing Fields | 28 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 54 |
| Sunnyhill Park | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 34 |
| Hendon Park | 30 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 45 | 68 |
| Brent Park | 17 | 10 | 8 | - | 40 | 50 |
| Princes Park | 6 | - | - | - | 3 | 13 |
| Nethercourt Avenue Allotments | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 16 |
| Garden of Hope | 71 | 4 | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| Finchley Way Open Space | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 10 |
| Friern Village Park | 35 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 53 | 43 |
| Brent Way Allotments | 12 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Stoneyfields Park | 10 | 3 | 2 | - | 10 | 12 |
Recent Crimes in Barnet
The 20 most recent crime reports in Barnet.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Cedar Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Marchant Close | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Canberra Close | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Lyonsdown Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Lyonsdown Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Marchant Close | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Welbeck Road | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Clayton Field | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Clayton Field | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Marchant Close | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Hospital | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Canberra Close | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Marchant Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Endersleigh Gardens | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Hospital | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Hastings Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Hastings Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near West Heath Drive | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Marchant Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Clayton Field |
Methodology & Data Sources
Barnet Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Barnet during August 2026 will typically become available in October 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Barnet Data Points
For Barnet, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E43000193.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Barnet's daytime - or "workday" - population of 314,629 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Barnet