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WC2B 5

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837 people · median £660,000 · Camden

Camden Council · Labour-controlled   30/55 seats · 55% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This postcode sector

Crime runs at 120.5 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.5 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

87107126146Aug 2025Jul 2026101
Monthly recorded crimes within this postcode sector
Per 1,000 / month120.5
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.5
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this postcode sector

Other theft
402
Anti-social behaviour
295
Theft from the person
224
Violence and sexual offences
176
Burglary
58
Public order
43
Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk
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