Crime and Safety in Camden
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Camden is among the top 5 most dangerous boroughs in London. The overall crime rate in Camden in 2026 is 98 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to London's overall crime rate, coming in 19% higher than the London rate of 82 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Camden is among the top 20 most dangerous cities, and the 504th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In April 2021, Camden had the worst crime rate in London for theft from the person, with 248 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.62 per 1,000 daytime population. June 2020 was also a bad month for Camden residents, when it was again London's most dangerous area for theft from the person, recording 107 crimes at a rate of 0.27 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Camden are violence and sexual offences, with 8,359 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 21. This is 3.7% higher than 2025's figure of 8,061 offences and a difference of 0.79 from 2025's crime rate of 20. Camden's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 170 offences recorded in 2026, an increase of 12% from 2025's figure of 152 crimes.
Camden 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 5 Most Dangerous
Boroughs, London
22% higher, regional crime rate
London
36% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Camden is 22% higher than London and 36% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Camden Crime Rate Over Time
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Camden Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Camden represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Camden's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Camden up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Camden's 8,207 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
CrimeRate Insights
Looking into a specific address in Camden? CrimeRate Insights reports convert raw numbers into practical insight for any location, from single addresses and postcodes, up to major towns and cities.
Crime rates don’t happen by themselves; they follow people and patterns. Where crowds gather - near pubs and late-night venues, around the station, by supermarkets and forecourts - incidents naturally concentrate.
That doesn’t mean an area is "bad"; it usually means footfall is higher.
Your report explores these factors in a calm, non-judgemental way, putting the numbers in context and helping you spot what’s typical for places like this.
Crime Risk Scores
Camden • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Camden has a crime risk score of 632. This is based on analysis of 8,207 nearby areas within Camden, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Camden's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Camden, crime risk scores are typically around 632, while in London they are average 534.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 708 (613 for London), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 761 (London 663).
Trends in Crime Risk
Camden
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
No trend could be found in Camden's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Camden's crime risk score is up by 23%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Over the last year, Camden's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 0.87%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Camden
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Camden • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Theft From the Person offences have a crime rate of 17 reports per 1,000 people in Camden, which is 11 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 6,898 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 1,466 reports of Robbery in Camden, resulting in a crime rate of 3.62 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 3.07.
The crime rate for Burglary is 1.69 times the national average at 5.30 reports per 1,000. This is from 2,143 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Camden
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.47 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.96 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 53% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.00 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.78 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 28% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.65 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.62 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 4.8% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Camden
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Robbery offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 3.20 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 3.89 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 18% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Camden • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Camden | London | Metropolitan Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 9,514 | 23.50 | 1.66 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 | 236,187 | 21.58 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 898 | 2.21 | 3.03 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 | 13,744 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 2,143 | 5.30 | 1.69 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 | 47,451 | 4.33 | 1.38 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 1,742 | 4.31 | 0.69 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 | 54,220 | 4.97 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 1,630 | 4.05 | 1.31 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 | 53,280 | 4.85 | 1.57 |
| Other Crime | 281 | 0.68 | 0.37 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 | 13,028 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 6,829 | 16.90 | 2.97 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 | 97,779 | 8.95 | 1.57 |
| Possession of Weapons | 170 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 | 6,461 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 2,524 | 6.23 | 1.07 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 | 60,156 | 5.49 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 1,466 | 3.62 | 3.07 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 | 30,857 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 4,332 | 10.72 | 1.50 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 | 88,269 | 8.08 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 6,898 | 17.04 | 11 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 | 77,344 | 7.08 | 4.57 |
| Vehicle Crime | 2,307 | 5.70 | 1.33 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 | 81,900 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 8,359 | 20.66 | 0.68 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 | 273,897 | 25.04 | 0.82 |
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Total Crime by Year
Camden | London | Metropolitan Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 39,579 | 97.84 | 1.36 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 | 898,386 | 82.17 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 42,633 | 105.25 | 1.42 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 | 898,787 | 82.94 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 41,442 | 102.07 | 1.35 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 | 902,681 | 84.12 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 36,233 | 89.26 | 1.13 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 | 837,244 | 78.79 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 30,536 | 76.22 | 0.99 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 | 797,303 | 75.56 | 0.98 |
| 2021 | 25,231 | 63.00 | 0.92 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 | 729,401 | 68.83 | 1.00 |
| 2020 | 35,402 | 88.03 | 1.19 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 | 821,362 | 77.41 | 1.04 |
| 2019 | 36,850 | 90.69 | 1.19 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 | 851,175 | 80.59 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 37,656 | 91.87 | 1.29 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 | 811,738 | 76.91 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 30,573 | 74.22 | 1.16 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 | 759,755 | 72.22 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 9,235 | 22.40 | 1.17 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 | 235,003 | 22.39 | 1.17 |
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Crime in Camden's Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belsize Park | 910 | 111.21 | 14% more dangerous |
| Bloomsbury | 3,294 | 103.90 | 6% more dangerous |
| Camden Town | 4,181 | 162.62 | 66% more dangerous |
| Chalk Farm | 1,548 | 141.07 | 44% more dangerous |
| Dartmouth Park | 235 | 55.34 | 43% safer |
| Euston | 1,616 | 60.45 | 38% safer |
| Fitzrovia | 6,539 | 111.14 | 14% more dangerous |
| Gospel Oak | 381 | 82.41 | 16% safer |
| Hampstead | 2,105 | 88.49 | 10% safer |
| Hampstead Heath | 242 | 112.81 | 15% more dangerous |
| Highgate | 373 | 99.55 | 1.7% more dangerous |
| Holborn | 3,100 | 35.74 | 63% safer |
| Kentish Town | 2,716 | 96.30 | 1.6% safer |
| Kentish Town West | 226 | 64.11 | 34% safer |
| King's Cross | 2,113 | 78.23 | 20% safer |
| Primrose Hill | 583 | 71.97 | 26% safer |
| Somers Town | 1,014 | 102.74 | 5% more dangerous |
| South Hampstead | 1,458 | 96.49 | 1.4% safer |
| St Giles | 2,537 | 196.24 | 101% more dangerous |
| St Pancras | 2,327 | 114.80 | 17% more dangerous |
| Swiss Cottage | 1,504 | 98.79 | 0.97% more dangerous |
| West Hampstead | 2,213 | 95.29 | 2.6% safer |
Camden Compared to Other London Boroughs
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Borough | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | 75,198 | 125.02 | 28% more dangerous |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 21,836 | 119.60 | 22% more dangerous |
| Lambeth | 37,842 | 103.24 | 6% more dangerous |
| Newham | 40,892 | 100.22 | 2.4% more dangerous |
| Camden | 39,579 | 97.84 | - |
| Hackney | 31,315 | 97.19 | 0.66% safer |
| Haringey | 28,040 | 95.10 | 2.8% safer |
| Lewisham | 29,090 | 92.69 | 5% safer |
| Islington | 31,591 | 90.89 | 7% safer |
| Greenwich | 27,583 | 87.11 | 11% safer |
| Brent | 32,653 | 86.45 | 12% safer |
| Enfield | 29,378 | 85.76 | 12% safer |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 20,786 | 84.88 | 13% safer |
| Barking and Dagenham | 19,666 | 81.12 | 17% safer |
| Waltham Forest | 23,076 | 80.11 | 18% safer |
| Hounslow | 26,744 | 77.29 | 21% safer |
Comparing Camden to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 19% safer |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 15% safer |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 14% safer |
| Camden | 97.84 | - |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 0.03% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 7% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 7% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 9% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 9% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 10% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 28% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Camden's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Camden that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primrose Hill | 48 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 36 | 142 |
| Story Garden | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 95 |
| Handyside Gardens | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 210 |
| Hampstead Green | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 47 |
| Fortune Green | 6 | - | 6 | 3 | 12 | 41 |
| Lincoln's Inn Fields | 33 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 127 |
| Branch Hill Allotments | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 11 |
| Whitfield Gardens | 81 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 57 | 445 |
| Hampstead Heath | 76 | 9 | 49 | 22 | 114 | 404 |
| Adelaide Road Nature Reserve | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Kenwood | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| Handyside Sports Pitch | 1 | 6 | - | 6 | 11 | 64 |
| Lewis Cubitt Park | 23 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 41 | 75 |
| Golders Hill Park | 2 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 9 |
| Parliament Hill Athletics Track | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Highgate Cemetery | 88 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 72 |
| Talacre Open Space | 40 | 5 | 4 | - | 36 | 39 |
| Rochester Terrace Gardens | 21 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 35 |
| Camden Square Gardens | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 56 |
| Regent's Park | 13 | 18 | 32 | 13 | 59 | 264 |
| Harrington Square Gardens | 41 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 49 | 131 |
| Goldington Crescent Gardens | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 33 |
| Oakley Square Gardens | 70 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 53 |
| St Pancras Gardens | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | 21 | 34 |
| Park Square Gardens | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| Argyle Square Gardens | 188 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 96 | 317 |
| St George's Gardens | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| Tavistock Square Gardens | 32 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 103 |
| Gordon Square Garden | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 112 |
| Brunswick Square Gardens | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 77 |
| Mecklenburgh Square Gardens | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 30 |
| Coram's Fields Playground | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 70 |
| St Andrew's Gardens | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 49 |
| Russell Square Gardens | 41 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 226 |
| Queen Square Garden | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 50 |
| Bloomsbury Square Gardens | 85 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 224 |
| Red Lion Gardens | 57 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 109 |
| Highgate Men's Pond | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 6 | 7 |
| Cholmley Gardens | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Hampstead Cricket Club | 24 | - | 2 | 4 | 22 | 26 |
| South End Green and Mansfield Allotments | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 26 |
| Lismore Circus Gardens | 12 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | 13 |
| Antrim Road Allotments | 64 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 51 |
| Antrim Grove Public Garden | 64 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 51 |
| Waterlow Park | 14 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 71 |
| Mansfield Bowling Club | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 26 |
| Parliament Hill Fields Lido | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 24 |
| Montpelier Gardens | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| Cantelowes Gardens | 27 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 39 |
| College Gardens | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 30 |
| Kilburn Grange Park | 137 | 39 | 31 | 23 | 117 | 136 |
| Chalcot Square Gardens | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Camden Gardens | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| St Martin's Gardens | 47 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 53 |
| Augustus and Redhill Allotments | 18 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 | 13 |
| Cartwright Gardens | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 29 |
| Gray's Inn Gardens | 68 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 44 | 56 |
| Coney Garth | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 49 |
| Hampstead Cemetery | 7 | - | 6 | 2 | 12 | 41 |
| Quex Road Playground | 67 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 41 |
| Gasholder Park | 1 | 6 | - | 6 | 11 | 64 |
Recent Crimes in Camden
The 20 most recent crime reports in Camden.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Dunboyne Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Hanway Place | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Palmerston Road | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Eversholt Street | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Greville Road | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Croftdown Road | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Meadowbank | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Eversholt Street | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Erskine Road | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Waterside Place | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Croftdown Road | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Hanway Place | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near The Mount | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Harben Road | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Hanway Place | |
| April 2026 | Theft from the person | On or near Erskine Road | |
| April 2026 | Theft from the person | On or near Holborn | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Croftdown Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Hillway | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Eversholt Street |
Methodology & Data Sources
Camden Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Camden during August 2026 will typically become available in October 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Camden Data Points
For Camden, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E43000197.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Camden's daytime - or "workday" - population of 383,669 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Camden