Total Crime Rate
39.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Broadwater Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bruce Castle , and the 101st lowest crime rate of 719 local areas in Haringey .
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 Broadwater Road (N17 6ES) in the last 12 months was 39.0 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% lower than the Bruce Castle average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadwater Road (N17 6ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lordsmead Road, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bennington Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bruce Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whitley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Radley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bedwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmhurst Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmhurst Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Elmhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Strode Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Strode Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmhurst Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Radley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Radley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lordsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Moira Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Windrush Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windrush Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimborne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimborne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lordsmead Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lordsmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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