Total Crime Rate
201.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grafton Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 210th highest crime rate of 548 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 Grafton Road (NW5 4AX) in the last 12 months was 201.2 per 1,000 residents and was 37.1% higher than the Gospel Oak average (146.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 80.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grafton Road (NW5 4AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gordon House Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dale Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gospel Oak| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashdown Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cressfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barrington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamble Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamble Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamble Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cressfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Village | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Village | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coity Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weedington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Weedington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rhyl Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bassett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicar'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamble Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon House Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodyard Close | Under investigation |
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