Total Crime Rate

214.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 214.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 45.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 41.1 7/10
  • Burglary 27.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.4 6/10
  • Other theft 22.8 10/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Upper Park Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 196th 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 Upper Park Road (NW3 2UL) in the last 12 months was 214.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Park Road (NW3 2UL), the main crime hotspot is near Belsize Park. Police recorded 224 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Park Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/40)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Agincourt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Dunboyne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Park Hill Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Tasker Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belsize Park —
Apr 2026Other theft Belsize Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Belsize Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Belsize Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Belsize Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Belsize Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Belsize Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Belsize Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Belsize Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodland Walk —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodland Walk —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunboyne Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Byron Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Byron Mews —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Byron Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Downside Crescent —
Apr 2026Burglary Downside Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lawn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parkhill Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Tasker Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road —
Apr 2026Robbery Belsize Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southampton Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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