Total Crime Rate
480.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
318.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wadbrook Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Kingston Town , and the 10th 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 Wadbrook Street (KT1 1HS) in the last 12 months was 480.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% higher than the Kingston Town average (414.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 147 (≈ 318.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wadbrook Street (KT1 1HS), 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.
View Crime In Kingston Upon Thames| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Bittoms | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bittoms | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Bittoms | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Bittoms | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Thames Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thames Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
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