Total Crime Rate
105.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Albans Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 191st lowest 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 St Albans Road (NW5 1RH) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% lower 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 13 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 ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Albans Road (NW5 1RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swain'S Lane, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Raydon Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Croftdown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Swain'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swain'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swain'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Raydon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raydon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Raydon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raydon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raydon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raydon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Swain'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Laurier Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raydon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dartmouth Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raydon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raydon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingswear Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croftdown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Croftdown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swain'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swain'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swain'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromwich Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dartmouth Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dartmouth Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dartmouth Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodsome Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodsome Road | Under investigation |
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