Total Crime Rate
165.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Mead area has the 29th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Edmonton Green , and the 167th highest crime rate of 823 local areas in Enfield .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Mead (N18 2RB) in the last 12 months was 165.8 per 1,000 residents and was 21.9% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Mead (N18 2RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fore Street, where police recorded 186 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (93 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 | Other theft | Joyce Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| 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 | Robbery | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snell'S Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snell'S Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snell'S Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Seaton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colyton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colyton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Colyton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Altair Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooperage Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooperage Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooperage Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooperage Close | Under investigation |
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