Crime Rates at Lady Margaret Road, London, NW5 2NH

Lady Margaret Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 229th lowest crime rate of 567 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 Lady Margaret Road (NW5 2NH) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% higher than the Highgate average (105.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 269.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lady Margaret Road (NW5 2NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fortess Road, where police recorded 160 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tufnell Park (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.