Total Crime Rate

384.6 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 384.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.8 10/10
  • Drugs 69.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.0 10/10
  • Other theft 38.5 10/10
  • Robbery 34.6 10/10
  • Public order 26.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 19.2 9/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Joyce 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

Crime Over Time in Joyce Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Gilpin Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regal Court β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowper Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowper Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowper Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowper Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowper Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowper Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regal Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Regal Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lord Graham Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lord Graham Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regal Court β€”
Sep 2025Other crime College Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ingleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Altair Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Altair Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alpha Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Altair Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claremont Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckstone Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Smart'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakefield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakefield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Langhedge Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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