Total Crime Rate
201.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gillies Street 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 Gillies Street (NW5 4DN) 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 Gillies Street (NW5 4DN), the main crime hotspot is near Dale Road. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gospel Oak| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bassett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Weedington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weedington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spring Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coity Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodyard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gillies Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arctic Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rhyl Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | New Dalby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillies Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Regis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicar'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cathcart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cressfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cressfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodyard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodyard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Talacre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashdown Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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