Total Crime Rate

120.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 37.5 7/10
  • Burglary 29.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.3 9/10
  • Public order 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Southampton Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 224th 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 Southampton Road (NW5 4JU) in the last 12 months was 120.8 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% lower than the Gospel Oak average (146.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southampton Road (NW5 4JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wellesley Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mansfield Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southampton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Elaine Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Park Hill Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elaine Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elaine Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thurlow Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thurlow Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Dunboyne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunboyne Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Agincourt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southampton Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Haverstock Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellesley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Tasker Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wellesley Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parkhill Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Wellesley Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellesley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southampton Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Southampton Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Quadrant Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Quadrant Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Lawn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wellesley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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