Total Crime Rate
124.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grafton Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 230th lowest crime rate of 548 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 Grafton Road (NW5 4BA) in the last 12 months was 124.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% lower than the Gospel Oak average (146.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grafton Road (NW5 4BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marsden Street, where police recorded 108 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Willes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cressfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodyard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gillies Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillies Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashdown Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Prince Of Wales Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Talacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Talacre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cressfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodyard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bassett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newbury Mews | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodyard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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