Total Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Russell Road area has the 51st highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crouch End , and the 280th 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 Russell Road (N8 8HN) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.7% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Russell Road (N8 8HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coleridge Lane, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crouch End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glasslyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tara Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tara Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tara Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tara Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Courtside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coolhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coolhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shanklin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glasslyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Topsfield Close | Under investigation |
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