Total Crime Rate
198.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pentyre Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Bowes , and the 114th highest crime rate of 823 local areas in Enfield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pentyre Avenue (N18 1BJ) in the last 12 months was 198.0 per 1,000 residents and was 175.6% higher than the Bowes average (71.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pentyre Avenue (N18 1BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitehead Close, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Circular Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Upper Edmonton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hermitage Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adlington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitehead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitehead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheapside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kendal Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Circular Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ostliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Circular Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Circular Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pentyre Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pentyre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | North Circular Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ostliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kendal Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plowman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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