Crime by Postcode
N1CPostcode district

N1C crime rate and crime map

N1C is mostly a busy town or city centre, so it has no Safety score: crime is counted per resident and few people live there. Recorded crime in N1C is 2.2 times the Camden average and 4.6 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 26%. The biggest share of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences. Police data to August 2026.

Camden. 2,912 residents in 1 neighbourhoods.

Safety
-Busy centre, not scored
Living
9.7/10Excellent
5-year change
−26%fewer crimes
vs the council
2.2×the Camden average
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Safety and Living

Safety

Crime severity: 2.2× the Camden average (4.6× the England and Wales average)

Busy city or town centre. Crime is recorded where it happens but measured per resident, and few people live in a centre while many come to shop, work and go out. So crime per resident here looks many times higher than the risk to someone living here, and much of it is theft from shops and from people out and about. That is why Crime by Postcode gives it no Safety score: compared with residential areas the number would mislead. The crime figures shown are still the real recorded crime.

Living

Based on schools, transport, health, supermarkets, weighted by importance. Crime is not part of it. Higher is better.

Neighbourhoods by Safety

Camden 022F: no score
1 = least safe, 10 = safest. Grey: no score. Select a neighbourhood to open it on the map.

1 neighbourhood has no population figure, so it is not scored.

Crime over 5 years

Down 26% in 5 years Recorded crimes in N1C, anti-social behaviour left out.

Sep 2021 – Aug 2022: 1,320 crimesSep 2021 – Aug 20221,320Sep 2022 – Aug 2023: 2,208 crimesSep 2022 – Aug 20232,208Sep 2023 – Aug 2024: 1,096 crimesSep 2023 – Aug 20241,096Sep 2024 – Aug 2025: 1,019 crimesSep 2024 – Aug 20251,019Sep 2025 – Aug 2026: 975 crimesSep 2025 – Aug 2026975

What is recorded

Crime severity: 2.2× the Camden average (4.6× the England and Wales average). 490 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.

  • Violence and sexual offences: 32% of the harm here
  • Other theft: 20% of the harm here
  • Robbery: 18% of the harm here

Anti-social behaviour: 50 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.

Shops, transport, schools and health

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Scores use fixed distance bands, so they do not depend on other districts. Higher is better.

Supermarkets

Excellent accessScore 10 out of 10
  • Typical distance to a large supermarket: 220 m.
  • Waitrose Kings Cross (Waitrose), 220 m from the district centre
  • Waitrose Bloomsbury (Waitrose), 1.4 km from the district centre
  • Sainsburys Camden (Sainsburys), 1.8 km from the district centre

Transport

Excellent accessScore 10 out of 10
  • Typical number of bus stops within 400 m: 6.
  • Nearest railway station: London St Pancras International Rail Station, 530 m from the district centre
  • Nearest tram or metro stop: King's Cross St. Pancras Underground Station, 440 m from the district centre

Schools

Excellent schools nearbyScore 9 out of 10

Primary schools within 2 km

  • Edith Neville Primary School: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2023), 810 m away
  • Winton Primary School: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2024), 950 m away
  • Richard Cobden Primary School: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2019), 1.3 km away
  • Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary School: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2023), 1.4 km away
  • Torriano Primary School: Outstanding (ungraded inspection, 2024), 1.6 km away

Secondary schools within 2 km

  • Regent High School: Good (ungraded inspection, 2023), 980 m away
  • Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ: Needs attention (report card, 2026), 1.1 km away
  • The Camden School for Girls: Good (graded inspection, 2022), 1.4 km away
  • Lift Beacon High: Good (graded inspection of the predecessor school, 2022), 1.9 km away

    Health

    Excellent accessScore 10 out of 10
    • Nearest GP surgery: MEDICUS SELECT CARE, 710 m from the district centre, CQC rating: Good, rated 2021
    • Nearest hospital with A&E: University College Hospital, 1.8 km from the district centre

    Crime by type

    Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.

    TypePer 1,000 a year
    Robbery12.6
    Burglary8.2
    Violence and sexual offences76.6
    Drugs19.4
    Possession of weapons16.0
    Other crime6.4
    Other theft139.4
    Theft from the person73.8
    Vehicle crime9.7
    Criminal damage and arson9.2
    Public order45.8
    Bicycle theft14.0
    Shoplifting59.1

    Trend over the years

    Crime severity per resident (sentence-days of the crimes recorded each year). Hatched bars are years with fewer than twelve months of data for most residents.

    201622.0201740.2201895.1201993.7202061.5202154.3202274.42023105.7202468.9202561.0202655.3

    Last 12 months: 58.0 against a 10-year average of 69.9, 17% lower.

    Questions about crime in N1C

    Is N1C a safe place to live?
    N1C has no Safety score: it is mostly a busy town or city centre, where crime is counted per resident and few people live. See the figures on this page for what is recorded.
    Is crime going up or down in N1C?
    Down 26% over 5 years, from 1,320 recorded crimes a year to 975.
    What is the most common crime in N1C?
    The most common recorded crime is other theft, about 139 per 1,000 residents a year. The most harm, weighted by how serious each crime is, comes from violence and sexual offences.
    How does crime in N1C compare with Camden?
    Crime severity in N1C is 2.2 times the Camden average.

    Nearest town

    Council: Camden

    Town-centre neighbourhoods

    Few people live in these areas but many shop, work and go out there, so crime per resident looks far higher than the risk to someone living there. They have no Safety score, because compared with residential areas the number would mislead; their crime figures are still shown.

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