Total Crime Rate
2892.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crown Arcade area has the highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Kingston Town , and the highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Kingston upon Thames .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crown Arcade (KT1 1JB) in the last 12 months was 2892.5 per 1,000 residents and was 605.4% higher than the Kingston Town average (410.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 260 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 6 cases , down -64.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -64.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 424 (≈ 990.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crown Arcade (KT1 1JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 904 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (161 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingston Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brook Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bath Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bath Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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