Total Crime Rate
86.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harmood Street 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 Harmood Street (NW1 8DP) 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 Harmood Street (NW1 8DP), 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.
View Crime In Camden Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Perren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawley Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chalk Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilkin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilkin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferdinand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ferdinand Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlehaven Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Athlone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Castlehaven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ryland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Willes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Willes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilbeys Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Athlone Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Athlone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hawley Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hawley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hawley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferdinand Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Athlone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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