Total Crime Rate
904.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
263.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chalk Farm Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Camden Town , and the 34th highest crime rate of 548 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 Chalk Farm Road (NW1 8AA) in the last 12 months was 904.6 per 1,000 residents and was 82.4% higher than the Camden Town average (496.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 263.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chalk Farm Road (NW1 8AA), the main crime hotspot is near Camden Town. Police recorded 370 crimes here, including 131 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Camden Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Early Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lewis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lewis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lewis Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Camden Town | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Camden Town | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Early Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kentish Town Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Camden Town | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kentish Town Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Early Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Early Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Inverness Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilbeys Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilbeys Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilbeys Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilbeys Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gilbeys Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Camden Town | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gilbeys Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Town | Under investigation |
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