Crime in Camden
Recorded crime in Camden is 2.1 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has risen 7%. The biggest share of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
216,943 residents in 130 neighbourhoods. 10% live in busy town or city centres.
- Safety in the UK
- 1/10High crime
- Safety in the world
- 5/10Average crime
- Living
- 9.4/10Excellent
- 5-year change
- +7%more crimes
Crime over 5 years
Up 7% in 5 years Recorded crimes in Camden, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 2.1× the England and Wales average. 174 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 33% of the harm here
- Robbery: 22% of the harm here
- Burglary: 16% of the harm here
Anti-social behaviour: 48 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 7.2 |
| Burglary | 11.4 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 35.6 |
| Drugs | 7.1 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 1.0 |
| Other crime | 1.3 |
| Other theft | 33.2 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 28.3 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 13.9 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 7.6 |
| Public order | 11.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 5.5 |
| Shoplifting | 11.1 |
What crimes are recorded in Camden
173.3 crimes per 1,000 residents were recorded in Camden in 2025/26 (England and Wales: 83.2).
Our total for April 2025 to March 2026: 39,239. Home Office recorded crime: 37,604 (4% apart).
Crimes recorded by the police, April 2025 to March 2026. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
Metropolitan Police did not assign 5.4% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 to a council area, so these figures are lower than the true count.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 515 | 2.4 | Down 20% |
| Cars broken into | 1,494 | 6.9 | Down 25% |
| Vehicle tampering | 180 | 0.83 | Down 26% |
| Vandalism to homes | 270 | 1.2 | Down 20% |
| Vandalism to other buildings | 201 | 0.93 | Down 29% |
| Vandalism to vehicles | 436 | 2.0 | Up 5% |
| Arson | 44 | 0.20 | Down 12% |
| Burglary of homes | 728 | 3.4 | Down 11% |
| Burglary of businesses | 996 | 4.6 | Down 7% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 6 | - | - |
| Carrying a knife or blade | 74 | 0.34 | Up 68% |
| Carrying other weapons (including guns) | 107 | 0.49 | Up 7% |
| Robbery of people | 995 | 4.6 | Down 29% |
| Robbery of businesses | 405 | 1.9 | Up 21% |
| Violence with injury | 1,920 | 8.9 | About the same |
| Violence without injury | 3,774 | 17.4 | Up 5% |
| Stalking and harassment | 1,740 | 8.0 | Up 26% |
| Sexual offences | 948 | 4.4 | Up 7% |
| Shoplifting | 4,069 | 18.8 | Up 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 831 | 3.8 | Down 2% |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 6,033 | 27.8 | Down 36% |
| Drug dealing | 597 | 2.8 | Down 14% |
| Drug possession | 1,029 | 4.7 | Up 15% |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare. These are council-area figures: police.uk street-level data, used for the map and the Safety score, only has the broad categories, and no source publishes murders or stabbings by street.
Metropolitan Police area: 13,775 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in 2025/26 (16,285 the year before). This covers the whole police force area, not only Camden.
Source: Home Office, police recorded knife crime by police force.
Policing under the elected mayor: Sadiq Khan (Metropolitan Police) →
How often crimes lead to a charge
In Camden, 5% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 8,938 | 1% | 0% | 4% | 89% | 6% |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 7,849 | 8% | 3% | 52% | 27% | 10% |
| Other theft | 7,180 | 1% | 0% | 9% | 85% | 5% |
| Shoplifting | 4,041 | 8% | 2% | 10% | 78% | 3% |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 2,738 | 1% | 0% | 5% | 92% | 3% |
| Public order | 2,493 | 9% | 1% | 41% | 37% | 12% |
| Burglary | 2,239 | 8% | 0% | 15% | 73% | 4% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 1,722 | 5% | 1% | 24% | 65% | 5% |
| Robbery | 1,651 | 5% | 0% | 19% | 67% | 8% |
| Drugs | 1,634 | 14% | 30% | 43% | 5% | 9% |
| Bicycle theft | 966 | 1% | 0% | 5% | 89% | 4% |
| Other crime | 293 | 14% | 1% | 35% | 22% | 27% |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 154 | 34% | 3% | 28% | 14% | 20% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 7% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Camden, 2023 to 2025: 676 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 100 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 6 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
3.1 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 15% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Postcode districts in Camden
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Questions about crime in Camden
- Is Camden a safe place to live?
- Camden scores 1 out of 10 for safety (high crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- Is crime going up or down in Camden?
- Up 7% over 5 years, from 35,831 recorded crimes a year to 38,271.
- What is the most common crime in Camden?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 36 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Camden?
- In Camden, 5% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 66% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many burglaries are solved in Camden?
- Of 2,239 burglaries reported in Camden between September 2024 and August 2025, 8% led to someone being charged or summonsed and 73% were closed with no suspect identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Camden?
- In Camden, the police recorded 515 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 2.4 per 1,000 residents, down 20% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Camden?
- 907 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in Camden in 2025/26, 4.2 per 1,000 residents, 0.9 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Camden last year?
- 6 homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in Camden in 2025/26, against 3 the year before.