Total Crime Rate

94.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

10.0 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 10.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Highgate 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.

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Crime Over Time in Highgate Spinney area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coleridge Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sunnyside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crescent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crescent Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunnyside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Sunnyside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hannay Lane
Apr 2026Other theft Sunnyside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Sunnyside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sunnyside Road
Apr 2026Burglary Clifton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colwick Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Colwick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hannay Lane
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coleridge Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Colwick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tara Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coleridge Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coleridge Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coleridge Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coleridge Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Coleridge Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coleridge Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tara Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tara Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tara Mews

Data Sources

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