Total Crime Rate

457.9 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 457.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 109.3 10/10
  • Other theft 100.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.0 9/10
  • Drugs 44.3 10/10
  • Public order 20.7 9/10
  • Robbery 17.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.3 10/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 11.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.9 9/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
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

Churchway area has the 7th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Camden Square , and the 81st 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 Churchway (NW1 1LL) in the last 12 months was 457.9 per 1,000 residents and was 219.2% higher than the Camden Square average (143.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 5 cases , down -54.5% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -64.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 115.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Churchway (NW1 1LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 290 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grafton Place (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Churchway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Phoenix Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mabledon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mabledon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mabledon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mabledon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mabledon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grafton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grafton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grafton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Phoenix Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grafton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Woolf Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolf Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolf Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolf Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Phoenix Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Phoenix Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tavistock Square Under investigation

Data Sources

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