Total Crime Rate
475.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
153.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Essex Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 122 local areas in Bush Hill Park , and the 21st highest crime rate of 823 local areas in Enfield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Essex Road (EN2 6TZ) in the last 12 months was 475.6 per 1,000 residents and was 702.9% higher than the Bush Hill Park average (59.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 153.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Essex Road (EN2 6TZ), 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.
View Crime In Enfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burleigh Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burleigh Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burleigh Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burleigh Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Burleigh Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burleigh Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Town | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Town | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burleigh Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burleigh Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burleigh Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burleigh Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalkwell Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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