Total Crime Rate
159.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ariel Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fortune Green , and the 265th 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 Ariel Road (NW6 2EA) in the last 12 months was 159.2 per 1,000 residents and was 75.9% higher than the Fortune Green average (90.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ariel Road (NW6 2EA), the main crime hotspot is near Dyne Road. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 65 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maygrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maygrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linstead Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Iverson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Iverson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Iverson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Iverson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dynham Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Medley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maygrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Loveridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Medley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Medley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Barlow Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Barlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barlow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pandora Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maygrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maygrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pandora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Espalier Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ariel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Espalier Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Espalier Gardens | Under investigation |
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