Total Crime Rate
84.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buckland Crescent area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Belsize , and the 143rd lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buckland Crescent (NW3 5DU) in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 14.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckland Crescent (NW3 5DU), the main crime hotspot is near College Crescent. Police recorded 185 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Belsize| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Belsize Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | College Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swiss Cottage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Crescent | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Swiss Cottage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swiss Cottage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Swiss Cottage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Swiss Cottage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swiss Cottage | Under investigation |
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