Total Crime Rate
281.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hester Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Edmonton Green , and the 56th highest crime rate of 836 local areas in Enfield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hester Road (N18 2RF) in the last 12 months was 281.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% higher than the Edmonton Green average (209.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -90.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (β 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hester Road (N18 2RF), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Raynham 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 | Fore Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lord Graham Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lord Graham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alpha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cornwall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Claremont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Joyce Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Morley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfield Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leeds Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leeds Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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