Total Crime Rate
125.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pennington Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Oakwood , and the 244th 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 Pennington Drive (N21 1TE) in the last 12 months was 125.7 per 1,000 residents and was 173.4% higher than the Oakwood average (46.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pennington Drive (N21 1TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moynihan Drive, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fothergill Drive (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oakwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fothergill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fothergill Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindal Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindal Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Macleod Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lonsdale Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hansen Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fothergill Drive | — |
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