Total Crime Rate
61.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lady Somerset Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 89th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lady Somerset Road (NW5 1TX) in the last 12 months was 61.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 11.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lady Somerset Road (NW5 1TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fortess Road, where police recorded 200 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (29 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chetwynd Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Evangelist Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fortess Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenwood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingestre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingestre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingestre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ingestre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingestre Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingestre Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | College Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Twisden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gottfried Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carrol Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carrol Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carrol Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gottfried Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gottfried Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leverton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leverton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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