Total Crime Rate
355.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ainger Mews area has the 21st highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Camden Town , and the 117th 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 Ainger Mews (NW3 3AZ) in the last 12 months was 355.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% lower than the Camden Town average (496.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 76.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ainger Mews (NW3 3AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Meadowbank. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Primrose Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oppidans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kingstown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingstown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St George'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bridge Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chalcot Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopkinson'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopkinson'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hopkinson'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berkley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oppidans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oppidans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oppidans Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadowbank | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadowbank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowbank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowbank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowbank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rothwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sharpleshall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sharpleshall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eton College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eton College Road | Under investigation |
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