Total Crime Rate

84.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chaucer Close area has the 27th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Arnos Grove , and the 380th highest crime rate of 836 local areas in Enfield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chaucer Close (N11 1AU) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% higher than the Arnos Grove average (77.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 22.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaucer Close (N11 1AU), the main crime hotspot is near Bowes Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chaucer Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shakespeare Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Bowes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bowes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bowes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seafield Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowes Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pevensey Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pevensey Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Evesham Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Evesham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pevensey Avenue —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Walker Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pevensey Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Bowes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bowes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Seafield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ollerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Bexhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoneham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ollerton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Maidstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Seafield Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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