Total Crime Rate
172.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashford Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Hornsey , and the 172nd highest 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 Ashford Avenue (N8 8LN) in the last 12 months was 172.3 per 1,000 residents and was 96.4% higher than the Hornsey average (87.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 71.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashford Avenue (N8 8LN), the main crime hotspot is near St Mary'S Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hornsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birkbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightingale Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rokesly Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosebery Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Minster Walk | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birkbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beechwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbeville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middle Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Palace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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