Total Crime Rate
112.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spring Place area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 207th lowest crime rate of 548 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 Spring Place (NW5 3BA) in the last 12 months was 112.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% lower than the Gospel Oak average (146.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -6.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spring Place (NW5 3BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holmes Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prince Of Wales Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kentish Town South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cathcart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Prince Of Wales Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillies Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gillies Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodyard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodyard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arctic Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powlett Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Prince Of Wales Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spring Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Regis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | New Dalby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Talacre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hadley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Healey Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Healey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Healey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Healey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Talacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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