Total Crime Rate
95.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birkbeck Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Hornsey , and the 332nd lowest crime rate of 700 local areas in Haringey .
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 Birkbeck Road (N8 7SR) in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birkbeck Road (N8 7SR), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | The Campsbourne | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyton Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Hillfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birkbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembroke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birkbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Road | 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 | Burglary | Minster Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rokesly Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pembroke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Campsbourne | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myddelton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myddelton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myddelton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myddelton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Myddelton Road | — |
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