Total Crime Rate
688.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
175.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakley Square area has the 8th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Camden Town , and the 49th highest crime rate of 548 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 Oakley Square (NW1 1NH) in the last 12 months was 688.4 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% higher than the Camden Town average (496.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 104 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 175.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakley Square (NW1 1NH), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 194 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Regent's Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Plender Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camden High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Camden High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Barnby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakley Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakley Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plender Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camden High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plender Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plender Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plender Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plender Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plender Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plender Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrington Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrington Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camden High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camden High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mornington Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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