Total Crime Rate

276.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 276.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 121.4 9/10
  • Burglary 38.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 24.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.3 6/10
  • Robbery 19.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Highgate High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Highgate , and the 78th highest crime rate of 719 local areas in Haringey .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highgate High Street (N6 5HX) in the last 12 months was 276.7 per 1,000 residents and was 180.0% higher than the Highgate average (98.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highgate High Street (N6 5HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadbent Close, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Witanhurst Lane (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Highgate High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cholmeley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Townsend Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Highgate High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broadbent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Duke'S Head Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Grove —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Castle Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Grove —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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