Total Crime Rate

25.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 25.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Peckwater Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 28th lowest crime rate of 567 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 Peckwater Street (NW5 2UD) in the last 12 months was 25.3 per 1,000 residents and was 95.8% lower than the Camden Town average (596.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peckwater Street (NW5 2UD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 272 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Peckwater Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leighton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Frideswide Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wolsey Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leighton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frideswide Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gaisford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawford Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kentish Town Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentish Town Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Peckwater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brecknock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Brecknock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Brecknock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brecknock Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brecknock Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brecknock Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caversham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation

Data Sources

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