Crime Rates at Market Place, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 1JP

Market Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Kingston Town , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 470 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 Market Place (KT1 1JP) in the last 12 months was 2516.4 per 1,000 residents and was 507.5% 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 242 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 8 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -21.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 393 (≈ 918.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Place (KT1 1JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 941 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.