Total Crime Rate
240.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Platt Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Camden Square , and the 176th highest crime rate of 548 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 Platt Street (NW1 1RP) in the last 12 months was 240.4 per 1,000 residents and was 74.8% higher than the Camden Square average (137.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Platt Street (NW1 1RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ossulston Street, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Neville Close (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Pancras & Somers Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ossulston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chalton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polygon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polygon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Polygon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edith Neville Cottages | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Edith Neville Cottages | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chalton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drummond Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drummond Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drummond Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drummond Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Drummond Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Phoenix Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Phoenix Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Granary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridgeway Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eversholt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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