Total Crime Rate
113.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mount Vernon area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Belsize , and the 209th 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 Mount Vernon (NW3 6QS) in the last 12 months was 113.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mount Vernon (NW3 6QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bird In Hand Yard, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prince Arthur Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Frognal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Hampstead Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bird In Hand Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coach House Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coach House Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Arthur Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prince Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Perrin'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hampstead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oriel Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | New End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bird In Hand Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bird In Hand Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bird In Hand Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bird In Hand Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bird In Hand Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prince Arthur Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Perrin'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Perrin'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Perrin'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitestone Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Perrin'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hampstead High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hampstead High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windmill Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hampstead High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ellerdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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