Total Crime Rate

167.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 167.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 12.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Royal College Street area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Camden Square , and the 251st highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Royal College Street (NW1 0RX) in the last 12 months was 167.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.9% higher than the Camden Square average (143.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal College Street (NW1 0RX), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 254 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Royal College Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/106)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgeway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bayham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plender Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Reapers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Camley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ploughmans Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weavers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Weavers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Somers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somers Close —
Sep 2025Other crime Bridgeway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgeway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgeway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bayham Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Camley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mandela Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranleigh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranleigh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranleigh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cranleigh Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Camley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Camley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Camley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A400 —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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