Total Crime Rate

100.7 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.3 4/10
  • Drugs 10.9 9/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Bittoms area has the 25th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Kingston Town , and the 96th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Kingston upon Thames .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Bittoms (KT1 2AN) in the last 12 months was 100.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.5% lower than the Kingston Town average (410.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (β‰ˆ 19.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Bittoms (KT1 2AN), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 195 crimes here, including 131 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Bittoms area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadbrook Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wadbrook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thames Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bath Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Bittoms β€”
Sep 2025Public order Bath Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bath Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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