Total Crime Rate
596.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Churchway 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.
View Crime In Camden Square| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolf Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Phoenix Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drummond Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drummond Crescent | 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 | Drugs | Ossulston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Drummond Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Drummond Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummond Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Polygon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Polygon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Polygon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Polygon Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Bicycle theft | Ossulston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ossulston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
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