Total Crime Rate
81.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cavell 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fryatt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Morteyne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Hart Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Roundway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Roundway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dorothy Smith Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Warkworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warkworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warkworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Laburnum Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Roseland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lamford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Hart Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | White Hart Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | White Hart Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Smithson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cambridge Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Henningham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dorothy Smith Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Roseland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Larkspur Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deyncourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | De Quincey Road | — |
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