Total Crime Rate
87.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Royal Quarter area has the 18th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Canbury Gardens , and the 114th 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 Royal Quarter (KT2 5BU) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% higher than the Canbury Gardens average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.6% 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 926 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (180 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canbury Gardens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Water Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Thames Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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