Total Crime Rate
379.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairmead area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Alexandra , and the 14th 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 Fairmead (KT5 9BA) in the last 12 months was 379.0 per 1,000 residents and was 494.9% higher than the Alexandra average (63.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairmead (KT5 9BA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Alexandra| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston By-Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tolworth Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairmead | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barnsbury Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lansdowne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston By-Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston By-Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barnsbury Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vincent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donald Woods Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolworth Underpass (Kingston By-Pass) | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tolworth Underpass (Kingston By-Pass) | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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