Crime Rate in Town, ward

Town has the 6th lowest crime rate of 25 wards in Enfield district and the 3413th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 159th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Town in the last 12 months was 69.5 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% lower than the Enfield district average (113.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Town’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 273 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 76.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -45.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 373 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 272 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (45 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.