Total Crime Rate

414.1 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 414.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 169.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.7 10/10
  • Burglary 31.0 10/10
  • Drugs 22.5 10/10
  • Other theft 22.5 10/10
  • Public order 19.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.9 9/10
  • Other crime 11.3 10/10
  • Robbery 11.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • 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

Malden Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 103rd 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 Malden Road (NW5 3HT) in the last 12 months was 414.1 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 112.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Malden Road (NW5 3HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marsden Street, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prince Of Wales Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Malden Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Talacre Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mead Close
Sep 2025Robbery Belmont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Belmont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Belmont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Belmont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsden Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsden Street
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Belmont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Juniper Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsden Street
Sep 2025Public order Craddock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Modbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Modbury Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Modbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Baptist Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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