Crime Rate in Ponders End, ward

Ponders End has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 wards in Enfield district and the 664th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 146th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ponders End in the last 12 months was 147.9 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% higher than the Enfield district average (113.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ponders End’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 532 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 16 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 101.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -15.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 741 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ponders End ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 340 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (115 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.