Crime Rates at Highgate Road, London, NW5 1LE

Highgate Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 109th 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 Highgate Road (NW5 1LE) in the last 12 months was 373.0 per 1,000 residents and was 238.5% 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 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 305.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highgate Road (NW5 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highgate Road, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carrol Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.