Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.0 10/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

South Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Green Lane & St James , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 475 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 South Lane (KT3 5LE) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 104.6% higher than the Green Lane & St James average (61.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Lane (KT3 5LE), the main crime hotspot is near Newhouse Close. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in South Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malden Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Glebe Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhouse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newhouse Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Glebe Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malden Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Malden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malden Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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