Total Crime Rate
83.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Caversham Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Camden Town , and the 141st lowest crime rate of 548 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 Caversham Road (NW5 2DN) in the last 12 months was 83.7 per 1,000 residents and was 83.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caversham Road (NW5 2DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charlton King'S Road, where police recorded 61 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dowdney Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willingham Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Montpelier Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Camden Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willingham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montpelier Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hammond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hampshire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montpelier Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montpelier Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leighton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaisford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leighton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kentish Town | — |
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