Total Crime Rate

207.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 207.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Burglary 29.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.1 9/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 35th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 206th 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 3PS) in the last 12 months was 207.8 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prince Of Wales Road (NW5 3PS), 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 Prince Of Wales Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Modbury Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Allcroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Allcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allcroft Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Thomas'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Thomas'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Thomas'S Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Thomas'S Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allcroft Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allcroft Road —
Sep 2025Public order Baptist Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prince Of Wales Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crogsland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Modbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Modbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ferdinand Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maitland Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Silas Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Silas Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Leonard'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leonard'S Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leonard'S Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Maitland Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maitland Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Modbury Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maitland Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Malden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Talacre Road —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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