Total Crime Rate
125.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dorman Way area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Primrose Hill , and the 249th lowest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dorman Way (NW8 0SB) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% higher than the Primrose Hill average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorman Way (NW8 0SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Hampstead, where police recorded 133 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B509 (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Primrose Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilgrove Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swiss Cottage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairfax Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilgrove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B509 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | B509 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dobson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swiss Cottage | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Swiss Cottage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Swiss Cottage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Swiss Cottage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Swiss Cottage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B509 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B509 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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