Total Crime Rate
76.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gladys Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in South Hampstead , and the 123rd lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gladys Road (NW6 2PX) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gladys Road (NW6 2PX), 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 West Hampstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mazenod Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Smyrna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Medley 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Smyrna Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smyrna Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smyrna Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hemstal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hemstal Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smyrna Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smyrna Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blackburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsgate Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Smyrna Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Liddell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gascony Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gascony Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gascony Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascony Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smyrna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Messina Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Messina Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gladys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | West Hampstead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mazenod Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West Hampstead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Hampstead Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleve Road | Under investigation |
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