Total Crime Rate
219.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elder Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Crouch End , and the 122nd 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 Elder Avenue (N8 9TE) in the last 12 months was 219.4 per 1,000 residents and was 111.4% higher than the Crouch End average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 61.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elder Avenue (N8 9TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coleridge Lane, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nelson Road (14 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 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fairfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rokesly Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felix Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felix Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosebery Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tottenham Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hatherley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hatherley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | 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 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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