Total Crime Rate

469.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 469.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 216.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.3 9/10
  • Public order 35.4 10/10
  • Burglary 31.4 10/10
  • Other theft 29.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 21.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Drugs 13.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kentish Town Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 80th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kentish Town Road (NW5 2TG) in the last 12 months was 469.6 per 1,000 residents and was 344.7% higher than the Highgate average (105.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 110 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -38.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 84.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kentish Town Road (NW5 2TG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 456 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kentish Town Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/130)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leverton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kentish Town Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentish Town Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentish Town Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dunollie Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leverton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leverton Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Leverton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Leverton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Leverton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Dunollie Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Falkland Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willingham Terrace —
Sep 2025Burglary Willingham Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Willingham Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ascham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Railey Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Railey Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Railey Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kentish Town Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caversham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person York Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Mews Under investigation
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Data Sources

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