A north London neighbourhood is in lockdown after one person was stabbed amid reports of youths marauding the streets carrying machetes, swords, hammers and bats.

Heavily armed riot police moved into Stamford Hill on Wednesday night (GMT) after a "fight between a large group".

It is believed the youths had come from a nearby block party.

Bottles and other objects were thrown at police as they tried to disperse the mob.

A 19-year-old man was found at the scene with a non-fatal stab wound and taken to hospital. One man was arrested for disturbing the peace. No charges have been laid over the stabbing.

Witnesses said a silver car with passengers suspected to be carrying an air rifle was "destroyed by hammers and bats" on Lynmouth Road.

"Not sure what the people in the car did but around 20/30 very angry people were chasing it down the street," Jake McKeown tweeted.

Stamford Hill has a large Jewish community.

A spokesperson from Shomrim – a local Jewish neighbourhood watch unit – said violence in the area had escalated following a rave in Woodberry Down the previous night.

"Last night's rave saw two stabbed and reports of gunshots."

The spokesperson said the crowds had been moved on and "lots of weapons" were seized.

The north London suburb is a short distance from Finsbury Park, where worshippers were rammed with a van outside a mosque following Ramadan prayers on Monday.

The condition of the stabbed man remains unknown.

In an unrelated incident, London police tasered man outside Regents Park Mosque in north London.

London Met officers were called after a man was reportedly waving around an object, later found to be a shoe horn, according UK broadsheet The Telegraph.