Total Crime Rate

253.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 253.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 72.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 31.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 28.9 7/10
  • Other theft 21.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.3 9/10
  • Robbery 16.9 10/10
  • Public order 14.5 8/10
  • Burglary 9.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Bowes Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Arnos Grove , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 823 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 Bowes Road (N11 1BA) in the last 12 months was 253.0 per 1,000 residents and was 215.3% higher than the Arnos Grove average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 72.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowes Road (N11 1BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowes Road, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Palmer'S Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bowes Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Springfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Palmer'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Palmer'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowes Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowes Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bowes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bowes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bowes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bowes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowes Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Brookdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brookdale —
Apr 2026Burglary Ravenscraig Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Arnos Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ravenscraig Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Springfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Milton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Highview Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Springfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hastings Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Springfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Maidstone Road —
Apr 2026Public order Arnos Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Highview Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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