Total Crime Rate
339.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
150.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Risley Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Bruce Castle , and the 51st 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 Risley Avenue (N17 7HR) in the last 12 months was 339.2 per 1,000 residents and was 87.8% higher than the Bruce Castle average (180.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 150.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Risley Avenue (N17 7HR), the main crime hotspot is near Bennington Road. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In White Hart Lane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordship Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lido Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morteyne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Morteyne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bennington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lordship Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cumberton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walden Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Warkworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordship Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shobden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Awlfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moira Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balliol Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flexmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adams Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fryatt Road | Local resolution |
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