Total Crime Rate

161.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 161.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.5 10/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bassett Street area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Camden Town , and the 266th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bassett Street (NW5 4PG) in the last 12 months was 161.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% lower than the Camden Town average (596.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 666.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 35.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bassett Street (NW5 4PG), 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.

Crime Over Time in Bassett Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Marsden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allcroft Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allcroft Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Modbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Modbury Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Modbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Grafton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prince Of Wales Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellesley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wellesley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellesley Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Allcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicar'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Talacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Talacre Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Talacre Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Vicar'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vicar'S Road —
Sep 2025Public order Baptist Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crogsland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Malden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Crogsland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leonard'S Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allcroft Road —
Sep 2025Public order Allcroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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