Total Crime Rate
173.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyttelton Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Belsize , and the 248th 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 Lyttelton Close (NW3 3SR) in the last 12 months was 173.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyttelton Close (NW3 3SR), the main crime hotspot is near Hornby Close. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 21 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Briary Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King'S College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briary Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hornby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tobin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornby Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tobin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tobin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tobin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merton Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | King Henry'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briary Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hornby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hornby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brocas Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fellows Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fellows Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fellows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elsworthy Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brocas Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brocas Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Elsworthy Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brocas Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elliott Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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