Total Crime Rate
2516.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
918.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Street 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 Church Street (KT1 1RW) 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 Church Street (KT1 1RW), 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.
View Crime In Kingston Upon Thames| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Downhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Downhall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
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