Total Crime Rate
78.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Falkland Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highgate , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Falkland Road (NW5 2XB) in the last 12 months was 78.4 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Falkland Road (NW5 2XB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brecknock Road, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dowdney Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kentish Town North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leighton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ospringe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montpelier Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Montpelier Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Falkland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willingham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willingham Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dowdney Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ospringe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pleshey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brecknock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleshey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hugo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hugo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Celia Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hugo Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Celia Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hugo Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Celia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Celia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Celia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montpelier Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montpelier Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maud Wilkes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Torriano Mews | Under investigation |
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