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Crime in KT2 5

How much crime is recorded in KT2 5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Kingston upon Thames
Region
London
Population
25,929 (2024)
Crime

How safe is KT2 5

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in KT2 5, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
33.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
114
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

KT2 5National
Shoplifting34.98.4
Violence and sexual offences25.623.6
Anti-social behaviour22.810.7
Burglary7.79.1
Public order7.14.6
Other theft6.84.5
Drugs6.62.4
Theft from the person6.32.1
Robbery3.41.4
Bicycle theft3.41.0
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Other crime1.71.5
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has risen 6% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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