Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hedge Lane area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 122 local areas in Bush Hill Park , and the 245th 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 Hedge Lane (N13 5ST) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 111.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hedge Lane (N13 5ST), 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 | Vehicle crime | Ensign Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Connaught Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedge Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wentworth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Madeira Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Madeira Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farndale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Farndale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Farndale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mintern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mintern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Connaught Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedge Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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