Total Crime Rate

533.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

136.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 533.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 226.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 136.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.9 10/10
  • Drugs 66.0 10/10
  • Public order 33.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 28.3 10/10
  • Other theft 18.9 9/10
  • Other crime 14.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Kingston Town , and the 6th highest crime rate of 470 local areas in Kingston upon Thames .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (KT1 1HL) in the last 12 months was 533.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% higher than the Kingston Town average (414.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 366.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 136.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (KT1 1HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 684 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (140 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs The Bittoms Offender given penalty notice
Apr 2026Drugs The Bittoms Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft The Bittoms Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Bittoms Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kensington Gardens
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kensington Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Thames Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brook Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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