Total Crime Rate
70.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alexandra Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Primrose Hill , and the 107th 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 Alexandra Road (NW8 0DP) in the last 12 months was 70.3 per 1,000 residents and was 32.0% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alexandra Road (NW8 0DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harben Road, where police recorded 157 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swiss Cottage (38 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 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorman Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorman Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Loudoun Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Loudoun Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Loudoun Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alexandra Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Coleridge Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Hampstead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | South Hampstead | Under investigation |
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