Total Crime Rate
227.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
120.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rodney Road area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Green Lane & St James , and the 23rd 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 Rodney Road (KT3 5AD) in the last 12 months was 227.1 per 1,000 residents and was 237.8% higher than the Green Lane & St James average (67.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (β 120.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rodney Road (KT3 5AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sussex Place, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Balgowan Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In New Malden Village| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sussex Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodney Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingston Lodge | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balgowan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balgowan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balgowan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balgowan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balgowan Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balgowan Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Charnwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ranelagh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gloster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ranelagh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rodney Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ranelagh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sussex Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbury Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbury Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
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