Total Crime Rate
318.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highgate Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 132nd 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 Highgate Road (NW5 1AS) in the last 12 months was 318.3 per 1,000 residents and was 188.9% higher than the Highgate average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 13.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 119.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highgate Road (NW5 1AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 221 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Mews (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kentish Town North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Dairy Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Dairy Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellina Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wolsey Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leverton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | York Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Dairy Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leverton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leverton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frideswide Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Dairy Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Dairy Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kentish Town Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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