Crime Statistics for Edgware, London, Barnet, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Edgware in October 2024. There were a total of 577 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Edgware, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	172
Anti Social Behaviour	102
Vehicle Crime	72
Other Theft	56
Shoplifting	35
Burglary	34
Public Order	33
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Theft From The Person	18
Drugs	15
Robbery	11
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	577

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Edgware. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Edgware

We've taken the ten nearest places to Edgware and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Edgware has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Burnt Oak (0.88 miles)	672
Colindale (2.24 miles)	610
Edgware	509
Belmont (2.24 miles)	503
Little Stanmore (1.39 miles)	400
Harrow Weald (2.77 miles)	398
Canons Park (0.88 miles)	369
Mill Hill (1.86 miles)	341
Barnet Gate (2.24 miles)	108
Arkley (2.63 miles)	59

Where are the most violent places near Edgware?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Edgware and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Harrow Weald	190
Edgware	172
Burnt Oak	164
Colindale	132
Belmont	129
Mill Hill	106
Little Stanmore	96
Canons Park	94
Barnet Gate	30
Arkley	21

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Edgware?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Edgware to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Edgware compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Edgware and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Edgware have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Belmont.

#	Ward	Score
1	Burnt Oak	69
2	Fryent	68
3	Edgware	64
4	Queensbury	60
5	Edgware	49
6	Hale	48
7	Canons	39
8	Stanmore Park	38
9	Kenton East	38
10	Queensbury	37
11	Belmont	34

Which road in Edgware has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Edgware with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Burnt Oak Broadway.