Total Crime Rate

103.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

51.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 51.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Albany Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Camden Town , and the 189th lowest 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 Albany Street (NW1 4EG) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% lower than the Camden Town average (496.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Albany Street (NW1 4EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near William Road, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanhope Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Albany Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/71)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Netley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Peto Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albany Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albany Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chester Close South Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chester Close South Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chester Close South —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Peto Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Peto Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Peto Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cambridge Gate Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Osnaburgh Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nash Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Osnaburgh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Osnaburgh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Albany Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Great Portland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Osnaburgh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Little Albany Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Everton Mews —
Apr 2026Burglary Osnaburgh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osnaburgh Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Longford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stanhope Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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