Total Crime Rate

93.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 44.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chester Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 165th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chester Road (N19 5DF) in the last 12 months was 93.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% lower than the Highgate average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chester Road (N19 5DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Raydon Street, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Anatola Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chester Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Dartmouth Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Croftdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raydon Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raydon Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Raydon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raydon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dartmouth Park Hill
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winscombe Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bramshill Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bramshill Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Doynton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Croftdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raydon Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Croftdown Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingswear Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Laurier Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dartmouth Park Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dartmouth Park Avenue
Apr 2026Theft from the person Dartmouth Park Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dartmouth Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raydon Street
Apr 2026Other crime Raydon Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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