West Hendon
WardSouth Barnet. About 18,456 people in 3.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in West Hendon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Hendon compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Hendon safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Hendon at a rate of 144.2 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, 266 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Hendon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (655), anti-social behaviour (590) and shoplifting (508).
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 ward, so they describe all of Barnet and not West Hendon alone. See Barnet
West Hendon in brief
West Hendon had 17,255 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in West Hendon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Hendon, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Hendon, 7.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.