Crime Rates at Kings Road, London, SW19 8QW

Kings Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Abbey , and the 80th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Road (SW19 8QW) in the last 12 months was 132.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% higher than the Abbey average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Road (SW19 8QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.