Total Crime Rate

86.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Holmes Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holmes Road (NW5 3AN) in the last 12 months was 86.5 per 1,000 residents and was 39.6% lower than the Gospel Oak average (143.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holmes Road (NW5 3AN), 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.

Crime Over Time in Holmes Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Leverton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Holmes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Healey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft College Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenwood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenwood Place
Sep 2025Theft from the person College Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Old Dairy Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentish Town Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Dairy Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kentish Town Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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