Total Crime Rate
287.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queens Crescent area has the 7th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 146th 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 Queens Crescent (NW5 4EG) in the last 12 months was 287.1 per 1,000 residents and was 100.4% higher than the Gospel Oak average (143.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (β 154.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Crescent (NW5 4EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marsden Street, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dale Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gospel Oak| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maitland Park Villas | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bassett Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bassett Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bassett Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rhyl Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coity Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coity Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maitland Park Villas | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maitland Park Villas | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maitland Park Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Park Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Park Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Silas Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Silas Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Maitland Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellesley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gilden Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gilden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elaine Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | β |
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