Total Crime Rate
121.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highgate Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 227th 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 Highgate Road (NW5 1TR) in the last 12 months was 121.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (β 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highgate Road (NW5 1TR), 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.
View Crime In Kentish Town North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Carrol Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | College Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twisden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Twisden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dartmouth Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Green Street | Under investigation |
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