Total Crime Rate
341.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lowfield Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fortune Green , and the 125th 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 Lowfield Road (NW6 2PP) in the last 12 months was 341.3 per 1,000 residents and was 277.2% 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 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 181.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lowfield Road (NW6 2PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lowfield Road, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Drakes Courtyard (33 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Linstead Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lowfield Road | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Lowfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lowfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lowfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lowfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lowfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lowfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lowfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lowfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kylemore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hemstal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsgate Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kingsgate Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Espalier Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Espalier Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Espalier Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Espalier Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Espalier Gardens | — |
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