Total Crime Rate
274.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Haverstock Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gospel Oak , and the 159th 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 Haverstock Road (NW5 4QU) in the last 12 months was 274.5 per 1,000 residents and was 87.1% higher than the Gospel Oak average (146.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 104.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haverstock Road (NW5 4QU), 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.
View Crime In Gospel Oak| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courthope Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baptist Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Baptist Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baptist Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baptist Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Ann'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thurlow Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thurlow Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thurlow Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Julia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Julia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Julia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilden Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Quadrant Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quadrant Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maitland Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Maitland Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicar'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barrington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamble Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamble Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamble Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haverstock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Place | Under investigation |
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