Total Crime Rate
165.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Headcorn Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Bruce Castle , and the 184th highest crime rate of 700 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 Headcorn Road (N17 8BS) in the last 12 months was 165.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% lower than the Bruce Castle average (180.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Headcorn Road (N17 8BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel Place, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near White Hart Lane (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bruce Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percival Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Headcorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | James Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Castle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Castle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bruce Castle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Moselle Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Moselle Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Moselle Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harpers Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harpers Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Brereton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tebworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Percival Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brereton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Percival Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chapel Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nursery Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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