Kentish Town North vs Wanstead Village

Kentish Town North has a safety score of 9/100 (High Crime) and recorded 17,406 crimes in the last 12 months. Wanstead Village has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 3,493 crimes. Kentish Town North scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Kentish Town North shows a year-on-year crime trend of -2.7% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Wanstead Village shows +4.9% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Kentish Town North, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Anti-Social Behaviour (4,109 incidents). In Wanstead Village, it is Anti-Social Behaviour (763 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Kentish Town North recorded 4,109 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Wanstead Village recorded 763. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Kentish Town North totalled 3,830 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 735 in Wanstead Village. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Kentish Town North recorded 17,886 crimes (now 17,406, a change of -2.7%). Wanstead Village recorded 3,329 crimes previously (now 3,493, +4.9%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Kentish Town North has a resolution rate of 32.7% and Wanstead Village has 35.6%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Kentish Town North falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Wanstead Village is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Kentish Town North and Wanstead Village. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.