Crime in Haringey
Recorded crime in Haringey is 1.5 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 6%. The biggest share of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
263,850 residents in 147 neighbourhoods. 2% live in busy town or city centres.
- Safety
- 2/10High crime
- Living
- 9.2/10Excellent
- 5-year change
- −6%fewer crimes
Crime over 5 years
Down 6% in 5 years Recorded crimes in Haringey, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 1.5× the England and Wales average. 109 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 39% of the harm here
- Robbery: 25% of the harm here
- Burglary: 16% of the harm here
Anti-social behaviour: 36 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 5.8 |
| Burglary | 8.0 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 31.4 |
| Drugs | 5.5 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.8 |
| Other crime | 1.2 |
| Other theft | 11.5 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 7.2 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 16.2 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 6.6 |
| Public order | 7.0 |
| Bicycle theft | 1.6 |
| Shoplifting | 5.8 |
What crimes are recorded in Haringey
Crimes recorded by the police, April 2025 to March 2026. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
Metropolitan Police did not assign 5.5% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 to a council area, so these figures are lower than the true count.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 967 | 3.7 | Down 21% |
| Cars broken into | 1,719 | 6.5 | Down 12% |
| Vehicle tampering | 288 | 1.1 | Down 8% |
| Vandalism to homes | 314 | 1.2 | Down 12% |
| Vandalism to other buildings | 123 | 0.47 | Up 13% |
| Vandalism to vehicles | 458 | 1.7 | Up 6% |
| Arson | 74 | 0.28 | Down 12% |
| Burglary of homes | 875 | 3.3 | Down 11% |
| Burglary of businesses | 316 | 1.2 | Down 33% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 1 | - | - |
| Carrying a knife or blade | 99 | 0.38 | Up 52% |
| Carrying other weapons (including guns) | 188 | 0.71 | Up 52% |
| Robbery of people | 970 | 3.7 | Down 9% |
| Robbery of businesses | 352 | 1.3 | Up 34% |
| Violence with injury | 1,993 | 7.6 | Down 2% |
| Violence without injury | 3,929 | 14.9 | Up 11% |
| Stalking and harassment | 1,841 | 7.0 | Up 12% |
| Sexual offences | 892 | 3.4 | About the same |
| Shoplifting | 2,818 | 10.7 | Up 12% |
| Bicycle theft | 270 | 1.0 | Down 8% |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 2,108 | 8.0 | Down 20% |
| Drug dealing | 713 | 2.7 | Up 14% |
| Drug possession | 1,221 | 4.6 | Up 19% |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare. These are council-area figures: police.uk street-level data, used for the map and the Safety score, only has the broad categories, and no source publishes murders or stabbings by street.
Metropolitan Police area: 13,806 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in 2025/26 (16,285 the year before). This covers the whole police force area, not only Haringey.
Source: Home Office, police recorded knife crime by police force.
Postcode districts in Haringey
Questions about crime in Haringey
- Is Haringey a safe place to live?
- Haringey scores 2 out of 10 for safety (high crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- Is crime going up or down in Haringey?
- Down 6% over 5 years, from 28,197 recorded crimes a year to 26,417.
- What is the most common crime in Haringey?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 31 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How many cars are stolen in Haringey?
- In Haringey, the police recorded 967 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 3.7 per 1,000 residents, down 21% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Haringey?
- 895 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in Haringey in 2025/26, 3.4 per 1,000 residents, 0.7 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Haringey last year?
- 1 homicide (murder or manslaughter) was recorded in Haringey in 2025/26, against 6 the year before.