Total Crime Rate

6552.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

900.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 6552.5 10/10
  • Other theft 2176.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1127.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 900.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 839.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 651.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 469.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 309.4 10/10
  • Robbery 221.0 10/10
  • Public order 209.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 198.9 10/10
  • Burglary 160.2 10/10
  • Drugs 121.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 49.7 10/10
  • Other crime 16.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lewis Cubitt Square area has the highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Camden Square , and the highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lewis Cubitt Square (N1C 4BW) in the last 12 months was 6552.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4666.1% higher than the Camden Square average (137.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 394 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 56.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 163 (≈ 900.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lewis Cubitt Square (N1C 4BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Camley Street, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaconsfield Street (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lewis Cubitt Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/68)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wollstonecraft Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Public order Handyside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person York Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour York Way —
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wollstonecraft Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wollstonecraft Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wollstonecraft Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Wollstonecraft Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Wollstonecraft Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Coopers Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Coopers Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Coopers Lane Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coopers Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chenies Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Chenies Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Chenies Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
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Data Sources

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