Crime Rates at Highgate Road, London, NW5 1EJ

Highgate Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 279th highest crime rate of 567 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 Highgate Road (NW5 1EJ) in the last 12 months was 151.8 per 1,000 residents and was 43.8% higher than the Highgate average (105.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highgate Road (NW5 1EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Anne'S Close, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gordon House Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.