Total Crime Rate

476.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

113.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 476.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 150.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 113.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.2 9/10
  • Burglary 41.1 10/10
  • Other theft 41.1 10/10
  • Public order 30.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 27.4 10/10
  • Robbery 24.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sandwell Crescent area has the 7th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fortune Green , and the 81st 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 Sandwell Crescent (NW6 1PB) in the last 12 months was 476.0 per 1,000 residents and was 426.1% higher than the Fortune Green average (90.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 113.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandwell Crescent (NW6 1PB), the main crime hotspot is near West Hampstead. Police recorded 177 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In West Hampstead

Crime Over Time in Sandwell Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/76)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person West Hampstead Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rowntree Close —
Apr 2026Other theft Lyncroft Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lyncroft Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B510 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B510 —
Apr 2026Public order B510 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Fawley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fawley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rowntree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery B510 Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sandwell Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery B510 Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson West Hampstead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting B510 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting B510 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inglewood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inglewood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inglewood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Inglewood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Fawley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Fawley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Inglewood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Hampstead Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Hampstead Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Hampstead Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour West Hampstead Thameslink —
Apr 2026Other theft West Hampstead Thameslink Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person West Hampstead Thameslink Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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