Total Crime Rate

353.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 353.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 267.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kings Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Canbury Gardens , and the 14th 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 Kings Road (KT2 5HU) in the last 12 months was 353.8 per 1,000 residents and was 311.8% higher than the Canbury Gardens average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 175.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Road (KT2 5HU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cross Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary The Keep Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowther Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardings Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gibbon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary King'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Florence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Agatha'S Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyndham Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Agatha'S Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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