Crime Rate in West Hampstead, ward

West Hampstead has the 10th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Camden district and the 777th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 168th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in West Hampstead in the last 12 months was 139.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% lower than the Camden district average (232.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, West Hampstead’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 408 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 137.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 372 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the West Hampstead ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 343 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.