Total Crime Rate
996.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hawley Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 33rd 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 Hawley Road (NW1 8RG) in the last 12 months was 996.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% higher than the Camden Town average (596.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 21.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 225.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawley Road (NW1 8RG), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 373 crimes here, including 82 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Camden Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Inverness Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Inverness Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leybourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leybourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hadley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hadley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hawley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawley Road | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Powlett Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leybourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Harmood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harmood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leybourne Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Of Wales Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leybourne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Street | — |
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