Total Crime Rate
179.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hadley Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 234th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hadley Street (NW1 8SS) in the last 12 months was 179.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.0% higher than the Gospel Oak average (143.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 333.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 375.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hadley Street (NW1 8SS), the main crime hotspot is near Hawley Mews. Police recorded 161 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gospel Oak| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leybourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Talacre Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leybourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Castlehaven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlehaven Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Powlett Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Harmood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harmood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Of Wales Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harmood Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hawley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harmood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Talacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Talacre Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferdinand Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Camden Lock Place | Under investigation |
| 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 | Ryland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ryland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hawley Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hartland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Perren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hartland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
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