Highgate Wood
Middle areaWest Haringey. 6,477 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Highgate Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Highgate Wood
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Highgate Wood at a rate of 86.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.4 per 1,000 people across Haringey.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | 146 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 102 |
| Other crime | 97 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 73 |
| Burglary | 68 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 25 |
| Drug offences | 18 |
| Theft from the person | 15 |
| Robbery | 10 |
| Shoplifting | 3 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Highgate Wood compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Highgate Wood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Highgate Wood at a rate of 86.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.4 per 1,000 people across Haringey.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Highgate Wood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were vehicle crime (146), violence and sexual offences (102) and other crime (97).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Haringey
These figures are published for the whole of Haringey, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Haringey and not Highgate Wood alone. See Haringey
Highgate Wood in brief
The median price paid for a home in Highgate Wood was £732,500 in 2025.
Highgate Wood had 6,492 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Highgate Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Highgate Wood, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.