West Hampstead
Middle areaWest Camden. 9,346 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in West Hampstead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in West Hampstead
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Hampstead at a rate of 176.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 215.5 per 1,000 people across Camden.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 451 |
| Other crime | 289 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 286 |
| Shoplifting | 204 |
| Theft from the person | 152 |
| Burglary | 74 |
| Vehicle crime | 74 |
| Robbery | 59 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 39 |
| Drug offences | 25 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How West Hampstead compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Hampstead safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Hampstead at a rate of 176.9 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, 144 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Hampstead.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (451), other crime (289) and violence and sexual offences (286).
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 middle area, so they describe all of Camden and not West Hampstead alone. See Camden
West Hampstead in brief
The median price paid for a home in West Hampstead was £705,000 in 2025.
West Hampstead had 9,082 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in West Hampstead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Hampstead, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.