Total Crime Rate
57.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Canbury Avenue area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Canbury Gardens , and the 191st highest crime rate of 470 local areas in Kingston upon Thames .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Canbury Avenue (KT2 6JP) in the last 12 months was 57.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% lower than the Canbury Gardens average (83.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary 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 ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 170.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Canbury Avenue (KT2 6JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cromwell Road, where police recorded 44 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 | Queen Elizabeth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Austin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cromwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lowther Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hardman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | King'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elm Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenhead Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibbon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gibbon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gibbon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
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