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 2AG) 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 2AG), 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 | Drugs | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woolmer Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sayesbury Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gilpin Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seaton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colyton Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Colyton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colyton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colyton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Seaton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nutfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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