Total Crime Rate

103.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 60.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.9 10/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Minstrel Gardens area has the 11th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Berrylands , and the 95th 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 Minstrel Gardens (KT5 8DD) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 153.8% higher than the Berrylands average (40.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Minstrel Gardens (KT5 8DD), the main crime hotspot is near Villiers Close. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Minstrel Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Villiers Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Cranes Park Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Auckland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Athelstan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guilford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lingfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Villiers Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hillside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hill Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Minniedale —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Minniedale —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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