Total Crime Rate
138.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Compton Crescent area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bruce Castle , and the 251st highest crime rate of 719 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 Compton Crescent (N17 7JY) in the last 12 months was 138.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 61.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Compton Crescent (N17 7JY), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Deyncourt Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deyncourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dorothy Smith Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daubeney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Daubeney Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Courtman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Hart Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Courtman Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dorothy Smith Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cambridge Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fenton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fenton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daubeney Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rivulet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
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