Total Crime Rate
67.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025May Bate Avenue area has the 28th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Canbury Gardens , and the 158th highest crime rate of 475 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 May Bate Avenue (KT2 5UN) in the last 12 months was 67.4 per 1,000 residents and was 21.6% lower than the Canbury Gardens average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around May Bate Avenue (KT2 5UN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 831 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canbury Gardens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | 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 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Skerne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | May Bate Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downhall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Downhall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Downhall Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingston | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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