NW5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kentish Town and Dartmouth Park, in Camden.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NW5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NW5, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NW5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NW5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NW5 at a rate of 129.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 134.9 per 1,000 people across NW.
In August 2026 alone, 349 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NW5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (963), anti-social behaviour (906) and other crime (638).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NW5 was 134.3 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in NW5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NW5 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NW5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden 001C | 1,549 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.1% |
| Camden 001D | 1,587 | 237.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Camden 003A | 1,340 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Camden 003B | 1,438 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| Camden 003C | 1,875 | 224.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% |
| Camden 003D | 1,447 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Camden 003E | 1,711 | 245.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.6% |
| Camden 007A | 1,770 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |
| Camden 007B | 1,317 | 101.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Camden 007C | 1,485 | 120.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Camden 007D | 1,971 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Camden 007E | 1,920 | 253.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.9% |
| Camden 007F | 1,535 | 199.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
| Camden 009B | 1,601 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Camden 009C | 1,569 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.9% |
| Camden 009D | 1,495 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Camden 009E | 1,472 | 101.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Camden 012A | 1,692 | 154.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| Camden 012D | 1,874 | 142.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
MPs for NW5
- Sagal Abdi-WaliLabourMP for Holborn and St Pancras77% of NW5’s postcodes
- Tulip SiddiqLabourMP for Hampstead and Highgate22% of NW5’s postcodes
- Jeremy CorbynYour PartyMP for Islington North0.7% of NW5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in NW53
Postcode sectors in NW55
Council1
Towns in NW51
Postcode districts next to NW55
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NW postcode area2
NW5 in brief
NW5 is a postcode district covering Kentish Town and Dartmouth Park, in Camden.
About 30,444 people lived in NW5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £677,500 in 2025 across 282 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 129.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NW5 was £677,500 in 2025.
NW5 had 31,048 usual residents at the census.
In NW5, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NW5, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.