Muswell Hill is one of the safer parts of Haringey. Crime runs about a third below the borough rate. Violence and sexual offences make up a much smaller share of the total than they do nationally. Car crime is the exception, and it is well above the usual share. Most of the risk here falls on parked cars.
The Metropolitan Police recorded 3,305 crimes in Muswell Hill in the year to May 2026, a published rate of about 92 per 1,000 residents. That is roughly 32% below the Haringey average. If you want to look at a particular road, police.uk maps reported crime street by street, and that is the place to see whether the street you are buying on matches the area as a whole.
Haringey as a whole records about 135 crimes per 1,000 residents, against Muswell Hill's 92. Muswell Hill is part of the same borough as Wood Green and Harringay, and it records far fewer crimes per head than the borough overall.
Muswell Hill is crowded but comfortable. About 9,230 people live on each square kilometre, unemployment stands at about 4%, and about 7% of homes are overcrowded. That is town density, with very few signs of hardship.
The mix is where Muswell Hill differs from the national pattern. Violence and sexual offences, a broad legal category that includes common assault without injury, make up about 20% of recorded crime here against 35% nationally. Anti-social behaviour runs at about 19% against 16%, close to the national share. Vehicle crime makes up about 16% of the local total against 5% nationally, which makes it the one category that stands out. Shoplifting at about 9% and other theft at 7% are close to their national shares of 8% and 7%. Burglary is a little high at about 6% against 4%. Muswell Hill has no station, so most households keep a car, and much of that car crime targets cars parked on the street outside Edwardian houses that have no driveway.
What happens after a crime is reported is a force-wide question, not a local one. The Metropolitan Police charges a suspect in about 10% of cases, against about 12% nationally, which ranks it 33rd of 42 forces. About 53% of its cases close with no suspect identified. That tells you how the Metropolitan Police performs once a crime has happened, not how likely a crime is in Muswell Hill.
For safety, Muswell Hill does very well. Crime runs well below the borough's rate and violence below the national share, and the main thing a resident has to guard against is theft from a parked car.