Crime Rates at Royal College Street, London, NW1 9LU

Royal College Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Camden Square , and the 210th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Royal College Street (NW1 9LU) in the last 12 months was 203.0 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% higher than the Camden Square average (143.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal College Street (NW1 9LU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.