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

Lady Margaret Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 157th lowest 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 Lady Margaret Road (NW5 2NP) in the last 12 months was 88.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.7% lower than the Highgate average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lady Margaret Road (NW5 2NP), 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.