Total Crime Rate
50.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leyfield area has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Motspur Park & Old Malden East , and the 232nd highest crime rate of 470 local areas in Kingston upon Thames .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leyfield (KT4 7LS) in the last 12 months was 50.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% higher 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 Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leyfield (KT4 7LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Hollands, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fullbrooks Avenue (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Old Malden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lady Hay | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Perry How | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Perry How | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Perry How | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Perry How | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fullbrooks Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fullbrooks Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fullbrooks Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Forest Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roland Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Manor Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Manor Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Hollands | — |
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