Total Crime Rate

269.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 269.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 31.7 10/10
  • Drugs 22.2 10/10
  • Other theft 22.2 10/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Other crime 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 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 0SD) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 0SD), 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting College Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crofters Way —
Sep 2025Other theft Crofters Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crofters Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Georgiana Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Royal College Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Camley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Camden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Oakley Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Oakley Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person College Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oakley Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakley Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakley Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakley Square —
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rossendale Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Camden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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