Total Crime Rate
190.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pretoria Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bruce Castle , and the 159th 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 Pretoria Road (N17 8EB) in the last 12 months was 190.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher than the Bruce Castle average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 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 crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (β 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pretoria Road (N17 8EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fore Street, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langhedge Lane (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bruce Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pretoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Hart Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Penshurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Penshurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pretoria Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | White Hart Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | White Hart Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Love Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Love Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chapel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Percival Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whitehall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Park Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Park Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Percival Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Percival Court | β |
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