Total Crime Rate
627.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Palmerston Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Fortune Green , and the 59th highest crime rate of 567 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 Palmerston Road (NW6 2JL) in the last 12 months was 627.8 per 1,000 residents and was 578.4% higher than the Fortune Green average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 184.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 159.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Palmerston Road (NW6 2JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buckley Road, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dyne Road (65 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drakes Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grangeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dyne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dyne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dyne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dyne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dyne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drakes Courtyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Burton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Drakes Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Drakes Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Palmerston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Palmerston Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maygrove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Netherwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Streatley Road | — |
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