Total Crime Rate
889.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Evangelist Road area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 36th highest crime rate of 567 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 Evangelist Road (NW5 1UA) in the last 12 months was 889.1 per 1,000 residents and was 742.1% higher than the Highgate average (105.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 221 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 186.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Evangelist Road (NW5 1UA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fortess Road, where police recorded 160 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holmes Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenwood Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leverton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leverton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leverton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leverton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leverton Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leverton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Railey Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Evangelist Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ascham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Twisden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Railey Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Railey Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Mews | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sanderson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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