Total Crime Rate

236.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 236.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 72.7 10/10
  • Other theft 31.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Drugs 15.6 9/10
  • Robbery 13.0 9/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birstall Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Seven Sisters , and the 110th highest crime rate of 719 local areas in Haringey .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birstall Road (N15 5EN) in the last 12 months was 236.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% higher than the Seven Sisters average (222.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birstall Road (N15 5EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 196 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (78 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birstall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Suffield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawrence Yard —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawrence Yard —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lomond Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lomond Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lomond Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Elizabeth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Elizabeth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plevna Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plevna Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plevna Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plevna Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lawrence Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Watts Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Russell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russell Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Westerfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawrence Yard —

Data Sources

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