Total Crime Rate
150.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026West End Lane area has the 21st highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fortune Green , and the 270th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around West End Lane (NW6 2LU) in the last 12 months was 150.7 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West End Lane (NW6 2LU), 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 South Hampstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hampstead Thameslink | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B510 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cleve Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cleve Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleve Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Priory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Priory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blackburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandwell Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Hampstead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Hampstead Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fawley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowntree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowntree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fawley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fawley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fawley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West Hampstead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hampstead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B510 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B510 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B510 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B510 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B510 | Under investigation |
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