Total Crime Rate
8.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knightwood Crescent area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Motspur Park & Old Malden East , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 470 local areas in Kingston upon Thames .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Knightwood Crescent (KT3 5JS) in the last 12 months was 8.0 per 1,000 residents and was 82.3% lower than the Motspur Park & Old Malden East average (45.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knightwood Crescent (KT3 5JS), the main crime hotspot is near Knightwood Crescent. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Motspur Park & Old Malden East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Malden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmsley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmsley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightwood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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