Total Crime Rate
169.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richmond Park Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Canbury Gardens , and the 47th highest crime rate of 470 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 Richmond Park Road (KT2 6AF) in the last 12 months was 169.7 per 1,000 residents and was 103.3% higher than the Canbury Gardens average (83.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 115.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richmond Park Road (KT2 6AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 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 | East Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gibbon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gibbon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibbon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deacon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | King'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deacon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Florence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Latchmere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beresford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Under investigation |
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