Crime in Camden district: statistics, rates and trends

Anti-social behaviour (9,143), violence and sexual offences (8,465) and other theft (6,616) made up 52% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 3rd of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the highest tenth.

Recorded crime in Camden district peaked in the year to August 2024 (50,339 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2021 (38,655). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 3%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Camden district recorded notably more theft from the person (17.2 times the national rate), robbery (4.8 times the national rate) and bicycle theft (4.7 times the national rate), and notably less other crime (33% below) and criminal damage and arson (25% below). On the year before, possession of weapons rose from 129 to 185 and other crime rose from 263 to 308, while criminal damage and arson fell from 1,676 to 1,094 and theft from the person fell from 8,677 to 6,262.

What each category covers: crime categories.

37,587 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Camden district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 173.3 per 1,000 residents, higher than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Camden district had the 3rd highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Of the crimes recorded in the Metropolitan Police area in the year ending March 2026, 5.5% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Camden district is an undercount.

No change on the year or longer series is given for Camden district: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because the share of crimes in the Metropolitan Police area not assigned to a district moved from 4.3% in the year ending March 2025 to 5.5% in the year ending March 2026, which changes district totals without any change in crime.

Offences recorded in Camden district, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was other theft offences, with 6,436 offences (17% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for theft from the person (15.7 times the national rate), robbery of personal property (5.0 times the national rate) and other theft offences (4.5 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for arson (0.53 times) and miscellaneous crimes against society (0.59 times).

Districts in the Metropolitan Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 32 districts in the Metropolitan Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Camden district had the 2nd highest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

2 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Camden district; the highest is City of London (639.5 per 1,000) and the lowest Brent district (120.6).

Of the 21 areas within Camden district, Camden Town had the highest crime rate (667.1 per 1,000) and Frognal the lowest (51.2), 13 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 24% of the crime recorded in Camden district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (2,091).

Of the 37,536 crimes in Camden district with a recorded outcome, 60% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 3.3% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 9,143 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Camden district has an estimated population of 216,943 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has more households without a car (64%, against 23%), more students (15.8%, against 7.9%) and more social housing (34%, against 17%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Camden district average decile 4.7 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.