Total Crime Rate
273.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
91.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Amersham Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Bowes , and the 65th highest crime rate of 823 local areas in Enfield .
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 Amersham Avenue (N18 1DS) in the last 12 months was 273.5 per 1,000 residents and was 280.8% higher 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -35.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 91.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Amersham Avenue (N18 1DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Watermill Lane, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sterling Way (North Circular Road) (16 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 | Vehicle crime | Bull Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lansbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Watermill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watermill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wigston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wigston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trafalgar Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lansbury Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardinge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Giffard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sterling Way (North Circular Road) | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keel Close | Under investigation |
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