Total Crime Rate
447.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Baptist Gardens area has the 16th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 87th highest crime rate of 567 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 Baptist Gardens (NW5 4ET) in the last 12 months was 447.9 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% lower than the Camden Town average (596.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (β 119.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Baptist Gardens (NW5 4ET), the main crime hotspot is near Marsden Street. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Camden Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quadrant Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellesley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haverstock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Silas Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Silas Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Leonard'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crogsland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crogsland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Crogsland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wellesley Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Silas Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellesley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Allcroft Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Allcroft Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Allcroft Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Allcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Modbury Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Modbury Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haverstock Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Haverstock Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Haverstock Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Haverstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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