Total Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pentyre Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Bowes , and the 273rd lowest crime rate of 823 local areas in Enfield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pentyre Avenue (N18 1BL) in the last 12 months was 52.6 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% lower than the Bowes average (71.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pentyre Avenue (N18 1BL), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Plowman Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Circular Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead 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 | 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 | North Circular Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kendal Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pentyre Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pentyre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kendal Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Parade | 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 | Theft from the person | North Circular Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ostliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheapside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plowman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kendal Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ostliffe Road | Under investigation |
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