Total Crime Rate
321.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
173.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gilden Crescent area has the 5th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 131st highest 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 Gilden Crescent (NW5 4QA) in the last 12 months was 321.8 per 1,000 residents and was 119.3% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 173.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gilden Crescent (NW5 4QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marsden Street, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dale Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gospel Oak| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas'S Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Craddock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elaine Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elaine Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elaine Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellesley Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Thomas'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamble Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haverstock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Marsden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Weedington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baptist Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rhyl Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamble Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baptist Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilden Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malden Road | — |
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