Total Crime Rate
74.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bowes Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Arnos Grove , and the 402nd lowest crime rate of 836 local areas in Enfield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bowes Road (N11 2JG) in the last 12 months was 74.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% lower than the Arnos Grove average (77.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -72.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bowes Road (N11 2JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near York Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowes Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bowes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashridge Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashridge Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wilmer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Powys Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Powys Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bowes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bowes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashridge Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lancaster Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wakefield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ollerton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brownlow Road | Under investigation |
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