Total Crime Rate
224.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Primrose Hill Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Belsize , and the 185th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Primrose Hill Road (NW3 3EA) in the last 12 months was 224.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% higher than the Belsize average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Primrose Hill Road (NW3 3EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elizabeth Mews, where police recorded 164 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanbury Court (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Primrose Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tobin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tobin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tobin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Primrose Gardens | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Primrose Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | King Henry'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elizabeth Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanbury Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanbury Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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