Total Crime Rate

215.5 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 215.5 10/10
  • Other theft 65.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 24.4 10/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 8.1 8/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.1 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Prince 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 3LH) 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 3LH), 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.

Crime Over Time in Prince Of Wales Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/103)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powlett Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leybourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harmood Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Dairy Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hawley Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Hartland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hartland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leybourne Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Leybourne Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Leybourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leybourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Harmood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leybourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leybourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leybourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Church Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lewis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harmood Grove —
Sep 2025Robbery Harmood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Willes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prince Of Wales Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hadley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hadley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Healey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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