Total Crime Rate
287.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gilden 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 Gilden Crescent (NW5 4QA) 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 Gilden Crescent (NW5 4QA), 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 | Maitland Park Villas | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bassett Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Modbury Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Modbury Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | β |
| 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 |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Marsden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Baptist Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellesley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wellesley Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellesley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maitland Park Villas | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bassett Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bassett Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bassett Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Thomas'S Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Thomas'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rhyl Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Truro Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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