Total Crime Rate
1024.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mornington Crescent area has the 4th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 31st highest crime rate of 567 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 Mornington Crescent (NW1 7QY) in the last 12 months was 1024.2 per 1,000 residents and was 71.7% higher than the Camden Town average (596.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 153 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 272.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 158 (≈ 294.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mornington Crescent (NW1 7QY), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 254 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Camden Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Signmakers Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beatty Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beatty Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harrington Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beatty Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Miller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lidlington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lidlington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lidlington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lidlington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plender Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | King'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cranleigh Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mornington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Camden High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mornington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | King'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Signmakers Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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