Total Crime Rate
385.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
133.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Joyce Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Bowes , and the 32nd 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 Joyce Avenue (N18 2XY) in the last 12 months was 385.7 per 1,000 residents and was 436.9% higher than the Bowes average (71.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 133.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Joyce Avenue (N18 2XY), 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 (90 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bolton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bolton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Angel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Angel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Angel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trafalgar Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nutfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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