Crime Rates in Camden Town & Regent's Park (NW1)
Crime statistics for NW1 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Camden Town & Regent's Park (NW1)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 1,944 crimes within 1 mile of the NW1 centre, against 2,376 around NW1W, 2,408 around N1C, 4,476 around WC1, 4,500 around W1 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in NW1?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the NW1 centre were Anti-social behaviour (381), Violent crime (342) and Other theft (301), out of 1,944 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full NW1 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in NW1?
Enter a full NW1 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
NW1 at a glance
1,944 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the NW1 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was anti-social behaviour, at 20% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 1,944
- Most recorded category
- Anti-social behaviour (20%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police neighbourhood at the centre
- Regent's Park (Metropolitan Police Service)
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 381 | 20% |
| Violent crime | 342 | 18% |
| Other theft | 301 | 15% |
| Theft from the person | 251 | 13% |
| Shoplifting | 193 | 10% |
| Public order | 123 | 6% |
| Drugs | 95 | 5% |
| Burglary | 70 | 4% |
| All other categories | 188 | 10% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the NW1 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How NW1 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camden Town & Regent's Park (NW1) | 1,944 | Anti-social behaviour (20%) | — |
| NW1W | 2,376 | Anti-social behaviour (19%) | 0.7km |
| N1C | 2,408 | Violent crime (21%) | 1.3km |
| Bloomsbury & Holborn (WC1) | 4,476 | Other theft (19%) | 1.5km |
| Mayfair & Soho (W1) | 4,500 | Other theft (19%) | 1.5km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest NW1, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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