Total Crime Rate
94.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highgate Spinney area has the 45th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crouch End , and the 329th lowest crime rate of 700 local areas in Haringey .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highgate Spinney (N8 8AR) in the last 12 months was 94.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.9% lower than the Crouch End average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highgate Spinney (N8 8AR), the main crime hotspot is near Sunnyside Road. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Crouch End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sunnyside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sunnyside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hannay Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sunnyside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sunnyside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnyside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hannay Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tara Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tara Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tara Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tara Mews | — |
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