Total Crime Rate
91.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dorchester Avenue area has the 37th highest crime rate of 122 local areas in Bush Hill Park , and the 374th 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 Dorchester Avenue (N13 5DY) in the last 12 months was 91.2 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorchester Avenue (N13 5DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birch Avenue, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hedge Lane (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ulster Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedge Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coniscliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coniscliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedge Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Franlaw Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Walden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ashley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Connaught Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Connaught Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorchester Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ulster Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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