Total Crime Rate
161.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highgate 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Highgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Anne'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lissenden Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Anne'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Anne'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Anne'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Anne'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Anne'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lissenden Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lissenden Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon House Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Alban'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon House Road | Under investigation |
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