Total Crime Rate

596.2 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 596.2 10/10
  • Other theft 269.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 163.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 64.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.7 8/10
  • Robbery 19.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.6 9/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Churchway area has the 4th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Camden Square , and the 62nd 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 Churchway (NW1 1LR) in the last 12 months was 596.2 per 1,000 residents and was 315.6% 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 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Churchway (NW1 1LR), 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 Churchway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolf Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phoenix Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phoenix Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Phoenix Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Phoenix Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Phoenix Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Phoenix Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Phoenix Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drummond Crescent
Sep 2025Other theft Drummond Crescent 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 2025Drugs Ossulston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Drummond Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Drummond Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drummond Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Polygon Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Polygon Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Polygon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Polygon Road Under investigation
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 2025Bicycle theft Ossulston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ossulston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grafton Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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