Total Crime Rate
384.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Joyce Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bowes , and the 35th 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 Joyce Avenue (N18 2TP) in the last 12 months was 384.6 per 1,000 residents and was 425.2% higher than the Bowes average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (β 142.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Joyce Avenue (N18 2TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fore Street, where police recorded 156 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (77 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gilpin Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regal Court | β |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | β |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Regal Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Regal Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lord Graham Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lord Graham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regal Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | College Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ingleton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Altair Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Altair Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alpha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Altair Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckstone Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Langhedge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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