Total Crime Rate
102.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nelson Road area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crouch End , and the 343rd 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 Nelson Road (N8 9RN) in the last 12 months was 102.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nelson Road (N8 9RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nelson Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hornsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nelson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Inderwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inderwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inderwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Inderwick Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Inderwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Weston Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Weston Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inderwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nelson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inderwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Weston Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Weston Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Olivers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olivers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmcroft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tottenham Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nelson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rathcoole Avenue | — |
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