Total Crime Rate
67.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crouch End , and the 207th lowest crime rate of 700 local areas in Haringey .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Road (N8 8LP) in the last 12 months was 67.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Road (N8 8LP), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| 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 | Public order | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Minster Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Palace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightingale Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beechwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South View Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birkbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birkbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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