Crime in Camden
Recorded crime in Camden is 2.1 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has risen 4%. 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
- 1/10High crime
- Living
- 9.4/10Excellent
- 5-year change
- +4%more crimes
Crime over 5 years
Up 4% 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) | 35.4 |
| 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) | 28.4 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 13.8 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 7.6 |
| Public order | 11.1 |
| Bicycle theft | 5.5 |
| Shoplifting | 11.2 |
What crimes are recorded in Camden
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 5.5% 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 | 517 | 2.4 | Down 21% |
| Cars broken into | 1,493 | 6.9 | Down 27% |
| Vehicle tampering | 180 | 0.83 | Down 28% |
| Vandalism to homes | 272 | 1.3 | Down 19% |
| Vandalism to other buildings | 201 | 0.93 | Down 29% |
| Vandalism to vehicles | 436 | 2.0 | Up 2% |
| Arson | 44 | 0.20 | Down 12% |
| Burglary of homes | 727 | 3.4 | Down 11% |
| Burglary of businesses | 995 | 4.6 | Down 7% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 6 | - | - |
| Carrying a knife or blade | 72 | 0.33 | Up 60% |
| Carrying other weapons (including guns) | 107 | 0.49 | Up 7% |
| Robbery of people | 996 | 4.6 | Down 30% |
| Robbery of businesses | 404 | 1.9 | Up 20% |
| Violence with injury | 1,915 | 8.8 | About the same |
| Violence without injury | 3,780 | 17.4 | Up 5% |
| Stalking and harassment | 1,741 | 8.0 | Up 26% |
| Sexual offences | 950 | 4.4 | Up 7% |
| Shoplifting | 4,068 | 18.8 | Up 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 828 | 3.8 | Down 7% |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 6,025 | 27.8 | Down 37% |
| Drug dealing | 596 | 2.7 | Down 14% |
| Drug possession | 1,021 | 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: 13,806 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.
Postcode districts in Camden
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 4% over 5 years, from 36,154 recorded crimes a year to 37,555.
- What is the most common crime in Camden?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 35 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How many cars are stolen in Camden?
- In Camden, the police recorded 517 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 2.4 per 1,000 residents, down 21% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Camden?
- 909 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.