Crime Rate in Ridgeway, ward

Ridgeway has the 9th lowest crime rate of 25 wards in Enfield district and the 2996th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 214th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ridgeway in the last 12 months was 75.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% lower than the Enfield district average (113.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ridgeway’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 400 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , up 66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -43.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 465 (≈ 33.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ridgeway ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 321 crimes here, including 241 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.