Total Crime Rate
386.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chalton Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Camden Square , and the 105th highest crime rate of 548 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 Chalton Street (NW1 1HH) in the last 12 months was 386.4 per 1,000 residents and was 181.0% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chalton Street (NW1 1HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 192 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Neville Close (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Pancras & Somers Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drummond Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Churchway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drummond Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drummond Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drummond Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Drummond Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doric Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doric Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doric Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Doric Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hampden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hampden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Doric Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ossulston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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