Total Crime Rate
440.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Camden Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Camden Square , and the 88th highest crime rate of 548 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 Camden Road (NW1 9HA) in the last 12 months was 440.8 per 1,000 residents and was 220.6% higher than the Camden Square average (137.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (β 122.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Camden Road (NW1 9HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Agar Grove, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Randolph Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kentish Town South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Randolph Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Randolph Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Murray Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Murray Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agar Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caledonian Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pandian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandall Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Patshull Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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