Total Crime Rate
41.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laxton Place area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 16 local areas in Regent's Park , and the 48th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Laxton Place (NW1 3PT) in the last 12 months was 41.7 per 1,000 residents and was 83.9% lower than the Regent's Park average (259.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 233.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laxton Place (NW1 3PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warren Street, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Regent's Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chester Close South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Close South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cambridge Gate Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Warren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Warren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peto Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Great Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chester Close South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peto Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Osnaburgh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Warren Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Triton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Triton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Triton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Triton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Warren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peto Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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