Total Crime Rate
379.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
189.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Varndell Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Regent's Park , and the 107th 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 Varndell Street (NW1 3RR) in the last 12 months was 379.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% higher 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 189.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Varndell Street (NW1 3RR), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 48 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrington Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Triton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Triton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Triton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Triton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Triton Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Triton Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tolmer'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolmer'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolmer'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mackworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tolmer'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mackworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mackworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lidlington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrington Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lidlington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lidlington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lidlington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Triton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tolmer'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lidlington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampstead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Of Wales Passage | — |
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