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 Road 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 Road (NW6 4EX) 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 Road (NW6 4EX), 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 (55 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | College Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Swiss Cottage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harben Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Crescent | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | College Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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