South Hampstead
WardWest Camden. About 12,272 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 South Hampstead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Hampstead compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Hampstead safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Hampstead at a rate of 114.8 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, 106 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Hampstead.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (285), violence and sexual offences (268) and other crime (191).
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 South Hampstead alone. See Camden
South Hampstead in brief
South Hampstead had 12,159 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in South Hampstead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Hampstead, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South Hampstead, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.