Total Crime Rate
16.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Latchmere Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Canbury Gardens , and the 50th 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 Latchmere Road (KT2 5TT) in the last 12 months was 16.2 per 1,000 residents and was 80.6% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Latchmere Road (KT2 5TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Durlston Road (10 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 | Vehicle crime | Aldersbrook Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Agatha'S Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | King'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Albans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Agatha'S Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Latchmere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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