Total Crime Rate
175.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highlands Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crouch End , and the 168th highest crime rate of 700 local areas in Haringey .
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 Highlands Close (N4 4SE) in the last 12 months was 175.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% higher than the Crouch End average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highlands Close (N4 4SE), the main crime hotspot is near Blythwood Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hillrise| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sparsholt Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ashley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cecile Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heathville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sparsholt Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crouch Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecile Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sparsholt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sparsholt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparsholt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ormond Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barnfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highlands Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Saxon Chase | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Abbots Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elm Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crouch Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blythwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blythwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Abbots Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Abbots Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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