Crime Rates at Church Street, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 1RW

Church Street 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 Church Street (KT1 1RW) 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 Church Street (KT1 1RW), 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.