Burnt Oak & Watling Park
Middle areaWest Barnet. 12,802 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Burnt Oak & Watling Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Burnt Oak & Watling Park
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Burnt Oak & Watling Park at a rate of 142.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.0 per 1,000 people across Barnet.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 516 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 458 |
| Other crime | 234 |
| Shoplifting | 212 |
| Vehicle crime | 102 |
| Robbery | 65 |
| Drug offences | 62 |
| Burglary | 60 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 59 |
| Theft from the person | 54 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Burnt Oak & Watling Park compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Burnt Oak & Watling Park safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Burnt Oak & Watling Park at a rate of 142.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.0 per 1,000 people across Barnet.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 125 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Burnt Oak & Watling Park.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (516), anti-social behaviour (458) and other crime (234).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Barnet
These figures are published for the whole of Barnet, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Barnet and not Burnt Oak & Watling Park alone. See Barnet
Burnt Oak & Watling Park in brief
The median price paid for a home in Burnt Oak & Watling Park was £425,000 in 2025.
Burnt Oak & Watling Park had 12,397 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Burnt Oak & Watling Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Burnt Oak & Watling Park, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.