Total Crime Rate
273.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairfax Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Primrose Hill , and the 161st 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 Fairfax Place (NW6 4EJ) in the last 12 months was 273.6 per 1,000 residents and was 164.7% higher than the Primrose Hill average (103.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 88.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairfax Place (NW6 4EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 195 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Hampstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorman Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorman Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorman Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boundary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boundary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fairfax Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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