Total Crime Rate
71.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beswick Mews area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fortune Green , and the 112th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beswick Mews (NW6 1XT) in the last 12 months was 71.6 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beswick Mews (NW6 1XT), the main crime hotspot is near Hampstead Gate. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Hampstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finchley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lithos Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hampstead Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadhurst Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hampstead Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beswick Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beswick Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beswick Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beswick Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampstead Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lithos Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hampstead Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lithos Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lithos Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lithos Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finchley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finchley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finchley Road And Frognal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Finchley Road And Frognal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hampstead Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dresden Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hampstead Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hampstead Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hampstead Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Doulton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Doulton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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