Total Crime Rate

203.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 203.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.0 9/10
  • Drugs 23.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Other theft 17.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.7 9/10
  • Public order 14.8 8/10
  • Robbery 14.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.9 8/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Great Cambridge Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bruce Castle , and the 146th 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 Great Cambridge Road (N17 7LH) in the last 12 months was 203.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% higher 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 91.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 82.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Cambridge Road (N17 7LH), the main crime hotspot is near Dorothy Smith Lane. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Great Cambridge Road area

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

Data Sources

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