Total Crime Rate
153.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitley Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Bruce Castle , and the 204th 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 Whitley Road (N17 6RF) in the last 12 months was 153.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% lower than the Bruce Castle average (180.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (β 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitley Road (N17 6RF), the main crime hotspot is near Lordsmead Road. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bruce Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimborne Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chandos Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wimborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Linley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Linley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lordsmead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newlyn Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimborne Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimborne Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimborne Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clacton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmhurst Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newlyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strode Road | Under investigation |
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