Total Crime Rate
424.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ferdinand Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 97th highest crime rate of 567 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 Ferdinand Street (NW1 8EX) in the last 12 months was 424.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% lower than the Camden Town average (596.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 114.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ferdinand Street (NW1 8EX), 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 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hartland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hartland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hawley Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mead Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ferdinand Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferdinand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Camden Lock Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Camden Lock Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Camden Lock Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Talacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leybourne Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Juniper Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leybourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leybourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leybourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leybourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leybourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leybourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leybourne Street | — |
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