Total Crime Rate

161.7 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.0 per 1,000 6/10 Β· Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 161.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 33.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.0 9/10
  • Other theft 33.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Theft from the person 9.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Highgate Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 260th 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 1EJ) in the last 12 months was 161.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% higher than the Highgate average (110.2 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (β‰ˆ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.0% 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 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highgate Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Anne'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lissenden Gardens β€”
Apr 2026Public order St Anne'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft St Anne'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft St Anne'S Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St Anne'S Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft St Anne'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Anne'S Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lissenden Gardens β€”
Apr 2026Burglary Lissenden Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gordon House Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Alban'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Alban'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highgate Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon House Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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