Total Crime Rate

121.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

25.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 25.8 5/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lawford Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Camden Town , and the 228th 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 Lawford Road (NW5 2LN) in the last 12 months was 121.8 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawford Road (NW5 2LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rousden Street, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kentish Town Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lawford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/60)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bartholomew Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wilmot Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rousden Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Whitcher Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rousden Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rousden Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rousden Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rousden Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gaisford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rousden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jeffrey'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Jeffrey'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jeffrey'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rousden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rochester Place —
Apr 2026Burglary Reed'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rousden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rousden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hammond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Rousden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rousden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Apr 2026Other theft Rousden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rousden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Rochester Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bartholomew Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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