Total Crime Rate

433.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

117.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 433.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 117.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 102.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 42.4 10/10
  • Other theft 40.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 35.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.2 10/10
  • Robbery 24.4 10/10
  • Burglary 17.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Public order 14.7 9/10
  • Drugs 11.4 9/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Town area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Ridgeway , and the 28th highest crime rate of 823 local areas in Enfield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Town (EN2 6LU) in the last 12 months was 433.2 per 1,000 residents and was 492.6% higher than the Ridgeway average (73.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 117.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Town (EN2 6LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 171 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Town area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Burleigh Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Burleigh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burleigh Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime A110 Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Colman Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Colman Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Colman Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Colman Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A110
Apr 2026Robbery A110 Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person A110 Under investigation

Data Sources

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