Total Crime Rate

900.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 900.0 10/10
  • Other theft 238.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 176.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.1 10/10
  • Burglary 100.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 81.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 57.1 10/10
  • Public order 38.1 10/10
  • Robbery 28.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.3 10/10
  • Drugs 14.3 9/10
  • Other crime 4.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chester Terrace area has the 7th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 35th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chester Terrace (NW1 4NL) in the last 12 months was 900.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% higher than the Camden Town average (596.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 325.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 185.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chester Terrace (NW1 4NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cumberland Market, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Longford Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chester Terrace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/49)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Edward Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chester Close South —
Sep 2025Other theft Osnaburgh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laxton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nash Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Nash Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nash Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nash Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Laxton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Portland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Andrew'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Andrew'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrew'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clarence Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person A4201 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Little Albany Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Little Albany Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cumberland Market Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Market Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Osnaburgh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Portland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osnaburgh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Triton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Edward Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robert Street —
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Data Sources

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