Total Crime Rate
34.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Priory Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Hook & Chessington North , and the 172nd lowest crime rate of 475 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 Priory Road (KT9 1EF) in the last 12 months was 34.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% lower than the Hook & Chessington North average (57.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Road (KT9 1EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Verona Drive, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haycroft Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hook & Chessington North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ace Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Verona Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ace Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willcocks Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fullers Way South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fullers Way South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hook Rise North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmcroft Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ace Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Verona Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Verona Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Verona Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Verona Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mcdonough Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glen Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelvin Grove | — |
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