Total Crime Rate
357.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wakefield Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Edmonton Green , and the 38th highest crime rate of 836 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 357.1 per 1,000 residents and was 70.3% higher than the Edmonton Green average (209.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -61.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 150.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 180.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wakefield Street (N18 2AE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 172 crimes here, including 93 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gilpin Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sterling Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lord Graham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lord Graham Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowper Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alpha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockenhurst Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockenhurst Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Smart'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Smart'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Smart'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
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