Total Crime Rate
297.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Quickswood area has the 10th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Belsize , and the 141st 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 Quickswood (NW3 3RT) in the last 12 months was 297.9 per 1,000 residents and was 126.9% higher than the Belsize average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -56.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 92.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Quickswood (NW3 3RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elizabeth Mews, where police recorded 164 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadowbank (19 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Oppidans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tobin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank | — |
| 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elsworthy Terrace | — |
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