Total Crime Rate

92.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.9 6/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.7 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Royal Quarter area has the 17th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Canbury Gardens , and the 109th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Kingston upon Thames .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Royal Quarter (KT2 5AH) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% higher than the Canbury Gardens average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Quarter (KT2 5AH), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 831 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Royal Quarter area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/195)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Street —
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Clarence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsgate Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clarence Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 195

Data Sources

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