Total Crime Rate

165.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 165.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 56.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 9.5 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brereton 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 Brereton Road (N17 8BY) 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 Brereton Road (N17 8BY), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 330 crimes here, including 225 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brereton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Bennetts Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Harpers Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moselle Place
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Moselle Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Moselle Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Moselle Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ruskin Road
Apr 2026Public order Harpers Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Gascoigne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cedar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cedar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gascoigne Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Gascoigne Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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