Total Crime Rate

81.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

14.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 14.2 3/10
  • Theft from the person 14.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.1 2/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Downside Crescent area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 135th lowest crime rate of 548 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 Downside Crescent (NW3 2AN) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% lower than the Gospel Oak average (146.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Downside Crescent (NW3 2AN), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 255 crimes here, including 173 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Downside Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting South End Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person South End Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft South End Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order South End Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order South End Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting South End Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting South End Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting South End Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South End Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Downside Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South End Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Aspern Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Antrim Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Antrim Grove
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aspern Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodland Walk
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Downside Crescent
Apr 2026Public order Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glenloch Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation

Data Sources

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