Total Crime Rate
15.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richmond Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Canbury Gardens , and the 45th lowest crime rate of 470 local areas in Kingston upon Thames .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Richmond Road (KT2 5HA) in the last 12 months was 15.7 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% lower than the Canbury Gardens average (83.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richmond Road (KT2 5HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingston Upon Thames| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Albans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibbon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gibbon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sury Basin | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gibbon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
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