Total Crime Rate
199.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crediton Hill area has the 13th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fortune Green , and the 214th 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 Crediton Hill (NW6 1HS) in the last 12 months was 199.3 per 1,000 residents and was 120.2% higher than the Fortune Green average (90.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 74.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crediton Hill (NW6 1HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B510, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Hampstead Thameslink (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Hampstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beswick Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B510 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B510 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B510 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B510 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B510 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B510 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fawley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Doulton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Doulton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crown Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Hampstead Thameslink | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fawley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fawley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fawley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hampstead Thameslink | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hampstead Thameslink | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hampstead Thameslink | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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