Total Crime Rate

154.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 154.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.2 8/10
  • Other theft 21.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.9 10/10
  • Burglary 14.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Islip Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 274th highest crime rate of 567 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 Islip Street (NW5 2DJ) in the last 12 months was 154.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% higher than the Gospel Oak average (143.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -90.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 68.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 188.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Islip Street (NW5 2DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 456 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Islip Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Leverton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Church Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ascham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kentish Town Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Peckwater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentish Town Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Willingham Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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