Total Crime Rate

114.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 44.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.1 7/10
  • Drugs 35.9 10/10
  • Other theft 17.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowleaze Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Canbury Gardens , and the 85th 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 Cowleaze Road (KT2 6FE) in the last 12 months was 114.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.0% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowleaze Road (KT2 6FE), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 244 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cowleaze Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/91)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elm Crescent —
Apr 2026Public order Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gibbon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gibbon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Gibbon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsgate Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsgate Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cromwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cromwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cromwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nipper Alley Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nipper Alley Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nipper Alley Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nipper Alley Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nipper Alley Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Nipper Alley Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nipper Alley Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nipper Alley Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nipper Alley Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Nipper Alley Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gibbon Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairfield North —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old London Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Castle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield East Under investigation
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Data Sources

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