Total Crime Rate
2892.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wheatfield Way 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 Wheatfield Way (KT1 2NU) 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 Wheatfield Way (KT1 2NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 502 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsgate Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seven Kings Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Knight'S Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nipper Alley | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nipper Alley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seven Kings Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seven Kings Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nipper Alley | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nipper Alley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingston | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Littlefield Close | 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 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
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