Total Crime Rate

227.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 227.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 34.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.1 8/10
  • Public order 22.1 9/10
  • Burglary 15.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.6 10/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rochester Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 190th 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 Rochester Road (NW1 9JL) in the last 12 months was 227.1 per 1,000 residents and was 61.9% lower than the Camden Town average (596.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 88.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 169.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rochester Road (NW1 9JL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 307 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rochester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/137)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Camden Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jeffrey'S Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jeffrey'S Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jeffrey'S Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farrier Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Farrier Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Farrier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Farrier Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Farrier Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Farrier Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Dairy Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Dairy Mews —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rochester Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gaisford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lewis Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Lewis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lewis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lewis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lewis Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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