Total Crime Rate
186.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dorset Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Seven Sisters , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 700 local areas in Haringey .
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 Dorset Road (N15 5AJ) in the last 12 months was 186.4 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% lower than the Seven Sisters average (214.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorset Road (N15 5AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lawrence Road, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Handsworth Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tottenham Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Summerhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elizabeth Clyde Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gorleston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Summerhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ripon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ripon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elizabeth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Clyde Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bourn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Green Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturrock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ida Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ida Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | West Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Green Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Avenue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Green Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Green Road | — |
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