Total Crime Rate
7.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Islip Street area has the lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Camden Town , and the 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 Islip Street (NW5 2DL) in the last 12 months was 7.6 per 1,000 residents and was 98.5% lower than the Camden Town average (496.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Islip Street (NW5 2DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sandall Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dowdney Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kentish Town South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Torriano Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Patshull Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willingham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Montpelier Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montpelier Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montpelier Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montpelier Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leighton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leighton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaisford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hammond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kentish Town | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckwater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Falkland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckwater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dowdney Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pandian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torriano Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willingham Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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