Total Crime Rate
528.5 per 1,000
All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Violent Crime Rate
165.2 per 1,000
Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Wolsey Mews area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 68th highest crime rate of 566 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 Wolsey Mews (NW5 2DX) in the last 12 months was 528.5 per 1,000 residents and was 265.7% higher than the Gospel Oak average (144.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -68.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 165.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wolsey Mews (NW5 2DX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 434 crimes here, including 73 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gospel Oak| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckwater Street | — |
| Oct 2025 | Shoplifting | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Falkland Road | — |
| Oct 2025 | Bicycle theft | Falkland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Public order | Lawford Road | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Public order | Lawford Road | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Lawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawford Road | — |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelly Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Robbery | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Drugs | Crown Place | Local resolution |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crown Place | — |
| Oct 2025 | Robbery | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsey Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsey Mews | — |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Leverton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Robbery | Leverton Place | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Leverton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leverton Place | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Falkland Road | — |
| Oct 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frideswide Place | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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