Total Crime Rate
213.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hemstal Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in South Hampstead , and the 198th 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 Hemstal Road (NW6 2AB) in the last 12 months was 213.2 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% higher than the South Hampstead average (117.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hemstal Road (NW6 2AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kilburn High Road (31 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 | Hemstal Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gascony Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kylemore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smyrna Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsgate Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smyrna Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Liddell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Smyrna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowntree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowntree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gascony Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gascony Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascony Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Smyrna Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smyrna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willesden Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Willesden Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Willesden Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Messina Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Messina Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mazenod Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mazenod Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mazenod Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Hampstead | Under investigation |
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