Total Crime Rate
158.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Broadway area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Crouch End , and the 205th highest crime rate of 719 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 The Broadway (N8 8DT) in the last 12 months was 158.1 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% higher than the Crouch End average (104.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Broadway (N8 8DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hatherley Gardens, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Broadway (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elder Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Tara Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tara Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tottenham Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Topsfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tottenham Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Felix Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elmfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hatherley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greig Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Park Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Greig Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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