Total Crime Rate
67.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Avenue area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crouch End , and the 212th lowest crime rate of 700 local areas in Haringey .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Avenue (N8 7RN) in the last 12 months was 67.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.9% lower than the Crouch End average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Avenue (N8 7RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redston Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashford Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hornsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beechwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South View Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South View Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbeville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South View Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warner Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Redston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightingale Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redston Road | Under investigation |
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