Crime Rates at Oval Road, London, NW1 7DJ

Oval Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Camden Town , and the 67th 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 Oval Road (NW1 7DJ) in the last 12 months was 571.4 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% higher than the Camden Town average (496.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 171.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oval Road (NW1 7DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 343 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (81 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.