Total Crime Rate

51.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 51.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Cranes Drive area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Kingston Town , and the 215th highest crime rate of 475 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 Cranes Drive (KT5 8AJ) in the last 12 months was 51.5 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% lower than the Kingston Town average (410.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cranes Drive (KT5 8AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Surbiton Hill Road. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cranes Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Geneva Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheppard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Close
Sep 2025Burglary Grove Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Geneva Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Geneva Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Geneva Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Villiers Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Villiers Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avenue Elmers
Sep 2025Other theft Balmoral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Villiers Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheppard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranes Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sheppard Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Sheppard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Eversley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sheppard Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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