King's Cross
WardSouth east Camden. About 12,708 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 71% of people in King's Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How King's Cross compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is King's Cross safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in King's Cross at a rate of 314.0 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, 340 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in King's Cross.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (1,073), anti-social behaviour (790) and violence and sexual offences (556).
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 King's Cross alone. See Camden
King's Cross in brief
King's Cross had 11,467 usual residents at the census.
About 71% of people in King's Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In King's Cross, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In King's Cross, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.