Total Crime Rate
185.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fortess Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 228th highest 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 Fortess Road (NW5 2HR) in the last 12 months was 185.4 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% higher than the Highgate average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (β 88.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fortess Road (NW5 2HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fortess Road, where police recorded 200 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gottfried Mews (29 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gottfried Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Celia Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Celia Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gottfried Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gottfried Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gottfried Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gottfried Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Celia Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrender Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fortess Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fortess Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Celia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Celia Road | β |
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