Crime Rate in Kingston Town, ward

Kingston Town has the highest crime rate of 19 wards in Kingston upon Thames district and the 42nd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 17th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Kingston Town in the last 12 months was 411.7 per 1,000 residents and was 358.8% higher than the Kingston upon Thames district average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Kingston Town’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 1,089 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 28 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 16.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -6.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,489 (≈ 130.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Kingston Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 994 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (194 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.