Total Crime Rate
1440.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
284.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lithos Road area has the highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fortune Green , and the 17th 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 Lithos Road (NW3 6DU) in the last 12 months was 1440.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1491.7% higher than the Fortune Green average (90.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -31.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 284.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lithos Road (NW3 6DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 244 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (55 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Hampstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Finchley Road And Frognal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finchley Road And Frognal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finchley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finchley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finchley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hampstead Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Netherhall Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hampstead Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hampstead Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Canfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hampstead Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hampstead Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hampstead Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hampstead Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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