Total Crime Rate
195.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brecknock Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 218th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brecknock Road (N7 0BL) in the last 12 months was 195.7 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% lower than the Camden Town average (596.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 275.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brecknock Road (N7 0BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Camden Road, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hilldrop Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cliff Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northpoint Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hargrave Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hargrave Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hargrave Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | North Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | North Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | North Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodinge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northpoint Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hilldrop Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlton King'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charlton King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Community Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilldrop Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilldrop Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilldrop Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hilldrop Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Abingdon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilldrop Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilldrop Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hilldrop Lane | Under investigation |
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