Total Crime Rate

179.7 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 179.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 20.3 9/10
  • Other theft 18.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.9 8/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 1.6 1/10
  • Other crime 1.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Waterside Way area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Northumberland Park , and the 175th 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 Waterside Way (N17 9GL) in the last 12 months was 179.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% higher than the Northumberland Park average (159.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -18.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 131.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterside Way (N17 9GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Mead Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterside Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Mead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ferry Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reedham Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reedham Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reedham Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erskine Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burdock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Burdock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Mead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Waterside Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cygnet Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Reedham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterside Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ferry Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ferry Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daneland Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daneland Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tottenham Hale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daneland Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Daneland Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Daneland Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Daneland Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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