Total Crime Rate
269.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Royal College Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Camden Square , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 567 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 Royal College Street (NW1 0SB) in the last 12 months was 269.0 per 1,000 residents and was 87.5% higher than the Camden Square average (143.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (β 82.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 183.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Royal College Street (NW1 0SB), 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.
View Crime In Camden Square| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Barker Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgeway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oakley Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oakley Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakley Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakley Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakley Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofters Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crofters Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crofters Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bridgeway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgeway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgeway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Pancras Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Oakley Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mandela Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Camley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Barker Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oakley Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Place | β |
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