Crime Rates at Royal Quarter, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 5BU

Royal Quarter area has the 16th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Canbury Gardens , and the 104th highest crime rate of 470 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 Royal Quarter (KT2 5BU) in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.9% higher than the Canbury Gardens average (83.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Quarter (KT2 5BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 974 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (171 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.