Total Crime Rate
94.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lady Somerset Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 167th 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 Lady Somerset Road (NW5 1UT) in the last 12 months was 94.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% lower than the Highgate average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lady Somerset Road (NW5 1UT), 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 (52 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 | Theft from the person | Twisden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spencer Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellina Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellina Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellina Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tufnell Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tufnell Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tufnell Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tufnell Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gottfried Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fulbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | — |
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