Total Crime Rate

81.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 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

Cavell Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bruce Castle , and the 300th lowest 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 Cavell Road (N17 7BJ) in the last 12 months was 81.9 per 1,000 residents and was 56.2% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cavell Road (N17 7BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near White Hart Lane, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorothy Smith Lane (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Cavell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Fryatt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peregrine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Morteyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Hart Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Roundway
Sep 2025Drugs The Roundway Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dorothy Smith Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Warkworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Warkworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Warkworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Laburnum Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peregrine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Roseland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lamford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White Hart Lane
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson White Hart Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person White Hart Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Smithson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cambridge Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Great Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Henningham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Dorothy Smith Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Roseland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Larkspur Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deyncourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Compton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour De Quincey Road

Data Sources

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