N12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Finchley, Woodside Park and Friern Barnet, in Barnet.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an N12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In N12, 82.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How N12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is N12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in N12 at a rate of 90.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 130.0 per 1,000 people across N.
In August 2026 alone, 241 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in N12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (696), anti-social behaviour (692) and other crime (425).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in N12 was 87.9 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in N12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so N12 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in N12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet 011D | 1,934 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.1% |
| Barnet 011E | 1,859 | 118.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 56.9% |
| Barnet 012A | 1,740 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 70.9% |
| Barnet 012B | 1,652 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.4% |
| Barnet 012E | 1,961 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.7% |
| Barnet 015E | 1,651 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| Barnet 015F | 1,831 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.5% |
| Barnet 019A | 2,219 | 235.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.5% |
| Barnet 019B | 1,667 | 94.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.0% |
| Barnet 019C | 1,800 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 63.5% |
| Barnet 019D | 1,584 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.2% |
| Barnet 019E | 1,926 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| Barnet 019F | 2,367 | 136.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 62.9% |
| Barnet 020A | 1,538 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Barnet 020B | 1,476 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Barnet 020C | 1,495 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| Barnet 022F | 1,699 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.1% |
| Barnet 027E | 2,287 | 170.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.5% |
MPs for N12
- Sarah SackmanLabourMP for Finchley and Golders Green69% of N12’s postcodes
- Dan TomlinsonLabourMP for Chipping Barnet29% of N12’s postcodes
- Catherine WestLabourMP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet2.6% of N12’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in N123
Postcode sectors in N125
Council1
Towns in N121
Postcode districts next to N126
Nearest rail stations4
More in the N postcode area2
N12 in brief
N12 is a postcode district covering Finchley, Woodside Park and Friern Barnet, in Barnet.
About 31,363 people lived in N12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £515,000 in 2025 across 259 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 90.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in N12 was £515,000 in 2025.
N12 had 30,737 usual residents at the census.
In N12, 82.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In N12, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.