Total Crime Rate
414.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Malden 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Talacre Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mead Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Belmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Belmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Belmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Juniper Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Craddock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Modbury Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Modbury Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Modbury Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Baptist Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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