Total Crime Rate

321.0 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 321.0 10/10
  • Other theft 99.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 42.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 31.3 10/10
  • Drugs 17.1 9/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Chalton Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Camden Square , and the 132nd 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 Chalton Street (NW1 1HH) in the last 12 months was 321.0 per 1,000 residents and was 123.8% higher than the Camden Square average (143.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% 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 233 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Neville Close (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chalton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Ossulston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Polygon Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ossulston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grafton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Polygon Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Polygon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Polygon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ossulston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grafton Place —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grafton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Werrington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chalton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Endsleigh Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Endsleigh Gardens —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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