Total Crime Rate

378.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

118.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 378.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 118.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 72.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 41.8 10/10
  • Other theft 19.8 10/10
  • Robbery 19.8 10/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 9/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ferdinand Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Camden Town , and the 108th highest crime rate of 548 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 Ferdinand Street (NW1 8ES) in the last 12 months was 378.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.8% lower than the Camden Town average (496.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 118.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ferdinand Street (NW1 8ES), the main crime hotspot is near Hawley Mews. Police recorded 160 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ferdinand Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Hawley Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hawley Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Hawley Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Hawley Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hawley Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawley Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawley Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hadley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawley Mews
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hadley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hartland Road
Apr 2026Other theft Leybourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Leybourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Leybourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Edis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hawley Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawley Mews
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Chalk Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferdinand Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ferdinand Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Talacre Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Chalk Farm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Talacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawley Mews
Apr 2026Drugs Prince Of Wales Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prince Of Wales Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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