Total Crime Rate
28.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Penners Gardens area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Alexandra , and the 126th lowest crime rate of 470 local areas in Kingston upon Thames .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Penners Gardens (KT6 6LY) in the last 12 months was 28.7 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% lower than the Alexandra average (63.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penners Gardens (KT6 6LY), the main crime hotspot is near Surbiton. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Surbiton Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oak Hill Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corkran Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountcombe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingswood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Surbiton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Surbiton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Saxon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oak Hill Grove | Under investigation |
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