Total Crime Rate
133.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waverley Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crouch End , and the 252nd 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 Waverley Road (N8 9QS) in the last 12 months was 133.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.2% higher than the Crouch End average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waverley Road (N8 9QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colwick Close, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (28 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 | Burglary | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Abbots Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Broadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Abbots Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abbots Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Berkeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornsey Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornsey Rise Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hannay Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hannay Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cromartie Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromartie Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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