Total Crime Rate
120.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Grove area has the 15th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 225th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around South Grove (N6 6LP) in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% higher than the Highgate average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Grove (N6 6LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Grove, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Makepeace Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Makepeace Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holly Lodge Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Makepeace Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bacon'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Lodge Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highgate Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate West Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate West Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bacon'S Lane | Under investigation |
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