Total Crime Rate

99.1 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lady Margaret Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 196th lowest crime rate of 567 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 Lady Margaret Road (NW5 2QA) in the last 12 months was 99.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% lower than the Highgate average (105.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (β‰ˆ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

Crime Over Time in Lady Margaret Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montpelier Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southcote Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Southcote Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leighton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Celia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littlefield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Littlefield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Littlefield Close β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Willingham Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gottfried Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fortess Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fortess Road β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Peckwater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Manorfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manorfield Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentish Town Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kentish Town Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fortess Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southcote Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gottfried Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brecknock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dunollie Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willingham Terrace β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Dunollie Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Falkland Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leighton Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leighton Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Public order Leighton Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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