Total Crime Rate

86.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 7.9 8/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Chalk Farm Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 164th lowest crime rate of 567 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 Chalk Farm Road (NW1 8BG) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.5% lower than the Camden Town average (596.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chalk Farm Road (NW1 8BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 235 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawley Mews (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chalk Farm Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leybourne Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Camden Lock Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Camden Lock Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harmood Grove
Sep 2025Drugs Hawley Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Harmood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hartland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hartland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Talacre Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Talacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Harmood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powlett Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ferdinand Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Leybourne Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Camden Lock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leybourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leybourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leybourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leybourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leybourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferdinand Place
Sep 2025Other theft Chalk Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Road
Sep 2025Other theft Ferdinand Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Juniper Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Camden Lock Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harmood Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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