Total Crime Rate
450.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
185.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wakefield Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Edmonton Green , and the 25th 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 Wakefield Street (N18 2AE) in the last 12 months was 450.0 per 1,000 residents and was 112.0% higher than the Edmonton Green average (212.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 112.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 185.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wakefield Street (N18 2AE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 185 crimes here, including 111 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Upper Edmonton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trafalgar Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brockenhurst Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Trafalgar Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cuthbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trafalgar Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brockenhurst Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sterling Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alpha Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sterling Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sterling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sterling Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sterling Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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