Total Crime Rate
112.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glenhurst Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 208th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Glenhurst Avenue (NW5 1PU) in the last 12 months was 112.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% higher than the Highgate average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glenhurst Avenue (NW5 1PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highgate Road, where police recorded 76 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodsome Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodsome 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 | Grove Terrace | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Terrace | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gordon House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highgate Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sanderson Close | Local resolution |
| 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 |
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