King's Cross vs Royal Albert

King's Cross has a safety score of 11/100 (High Crime) and recorded 29,238 crimes in the last 12 months. Royal Albert has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 6,832 crimes. King's Cross scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

King's Cross shows a year-on-year crime trend of -9% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Royal Albert shows +2.1% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In King's Cross, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Anti-Social Behaviour (5,072 incidents). In Royal Albert, it is Violent Crime (1,837 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

King's Cross recorded 5,072 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Royal Albert recorded 1,245. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in King's Cross totalled 4,994 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 1,837 in Royal Albert. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, King's Cross recorded 32,124 crimes (now 29,238, a change of -9%). Royal Albert recorded 6,695 crimes previously (now 6,832, +2.1%).

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. King's Cross has a resolution rate of 37.8% and Royal Albert has 31.9%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

King's Cross falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Royal Albert 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 King's Cross and Royal Albert. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.