Gospel Oak
WardNorth Camden. About 11,473 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Gospel Oak live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Gospel Oak compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Gospel Oak safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gospel Oak at a rate of 142.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 215.5 per 1,000 people across Camden.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 146 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gospel Oak.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (471), other crime (355) and anti-social behaviour (269).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Camden
These figures are published for the whole of Camden, not for each ward, so they describe all of Camden and not Gospel Oak alone. See Camden
Gospel Oak in brief
Gospel Oak had 11,622 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Gospel Oak live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Gospel Oak, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Gospel Oak, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.