Total Crime Rate
847.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
197.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026College Yard area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 38th 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 College Yard (NW5 1BR) in the last 12 months was 847.0 per 1,000 residents and was 668.8% higher than the Highgate average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 197 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 197.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around College Yard (NW5 1BR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fortess Road, where police recorded 200 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (29 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | College Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twisden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Twisden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Regis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellina Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellina Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellina Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carrol Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carrol Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carrol Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leverton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sanderson Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenwood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingestre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingestre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ingestre Road | Under investigation |
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