Total Crime Rate
514.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
202.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Hornsey , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 700 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 High Street (N8 7PB) in the last 12 months was 514.7 per 1,000 residents and was 486.7% higher than the Hornsey average (87.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 157.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 202.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (N8 7PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Palace Gates, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hornsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birkbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pembroke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pembroke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembroke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rokesly Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Gates | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Minster Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minster Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minster Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boyton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boyton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birkbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Road | — |
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