Total Crime Rate
58.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leighton Place area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Camden Town , and the 79th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leighton Place (NW5 2QL) in the last 12 months was 58.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.3% lower than the Camden Town average (496.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leighton Place (NW5 2QL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 221 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kentish Town South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montpelier Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kentish Town | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wolsey Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leverton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leverton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leverton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Patshull Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckwater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckwater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frideswide Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Montpelier Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maud Wilkes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Maud Wilkes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maud Wilkes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Road | Under investigation |
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