Total Crime Rate
457.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Churchway 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.
View Crime In Camden Square| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mabledon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mabledon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mabledon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mabledon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mabledon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woolf Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolf Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolf Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolf Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Phoenix Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tavistock Square | Under investigation |
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