Total Crime Rate
215.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prince Of Wales Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 198th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Prince Of Wales Road (NW5 3LG) in the last 12 months was 215.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% higher than the Gospel Oak average (143.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 93.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prince Of Wales Road (NW5 3LG), the main crime hotspot is near Kentish Town Road. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gospel Oak| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Old Dairy Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kentish Town Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Dairy Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Dairy Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Dairy Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kentish Town Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kentish Town Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kentish Town Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kentish Town Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kentish Town Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Of Wales Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kelly Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kelly Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kelly Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kelly Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kelly Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ryland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grafton Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Church Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Talacre Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Talacre Road | Local resolution |
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