Kingston Data – Crime and Community Safety

The absence of a safe and secure place in which to live can have an extremely negative impact on physical and emotional health and wellbeing. This report displays data on overall crime and a breakdown of crime types for Kingston upon Thames.

Single crime case data have been aggregated for Kingston upon Thames and rates are calculated per 1,000 population. 12-month rolling figures use an average of the population monthly figures over the same period. Where the dates for the crime data exceed the latest available date for population estimates, the latest population figure was used for any crime rates after that date (no extrapolating).

Crime rate by type of crime

Crime rates by type for Kingston upon Thames for Oct-18 - Sep-19

	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000
	Kingston upon Thames		London		England
Anti-social behaviour	3,345	19.2	241,942	27.4	1,220,638	22
Bicycle theft	639	3.7	20,680	2.3	85,723	1.5
Burglary	1,040	6	80,917	9.2	376,956	6.8
Criminal damage and arson	940	5.4	55,584	6.3	492,230	8.9
Drugs	739	4.2	43,067	4.9	149,134	2.7
Possession of weapons	77	0.4	7,173	0.8	43,069	0.8
Public order	823	4.7	53,611	6.1	396,282	7.1
Robbery	322	1.8	37,233	4.2	83,611	1.5
Shoplifting	977	5.6	44,690	5.1	327,822	5.9
Theft from the person	510	2.9	58,412	6.6	104,356	1.9
Other theft	1,348	7.7	130,379	14.8	485,082	8.7
Vehicle crime	1,476	8.5	116,036	13.2	431,555	7.8
Violence and sexual offences	3,549	20.3	233,237	26.4	1,679,447	30.2
Public disorder and weapons	458	2.8	33,566	4	134,095	2.5
Violent crime	2,087	12.8	139,404	16.8	606,623	11.3
Other crime	143	0.8	10,507	1.2	93,547	1.7

Change in the overall crime rate

Rates (per 1,000)

	Kingston upon Thames	London	England
Oct-17	6.0	8.4	7.2
Nov-17	6.3	8.3	7.0
Dec-17	5.3	7.6	6.5
Jan-18	5.8	7.9	6.8
Feb-18	5.3	7.2	6.2
Mar-18	5.5	7.7	6.9
Apr-18	5.5	7.7	7.0
May-18	5.7	8.2	7.5
Jun-18	5.3	8.1	7.4
Jul-18	6.2	8.6	7.8
Aug-18	6.4	8.0	7.3
Sep-18	5.7	8.0	7.1
Oct-18	6.7	8.6	7.6
Nov-18	6.3	8.6	7.3
Dec-18	5.6	8.3	6.8
Jan-19	5.9	8.4	7.1
Feb-19	5.8	8.1	6.7
Mar-19	6.4	9.1	7.6
Apr-19	6.1	8.4	7.2
May-19	6.1	8.7	7.4
Jun-19	6.1	8.7	7.3
Jul-19	6.1	8.6	7.1
Aug-19	5.6	8.0	6.8
Sep-19	5.4	7.6	6.5

Counts

	Kingston upon Thames	London	England
Oct-17	1,054	73,844	402,048
Nov-17	1,096	73,029	389,494
Dec-17	925	67,091	358,836
Jan-18	1,005	69,825	375,320
Feb-18	926	63,486	343,472
Mar-18	968	68,284	381,461
Apr-18	954	68,009	386,736
May-18	991	72,352	416,276
Jun-18	932	71,790	410,671
Jul-18	1,077	76,177	432,052
Aug-18	1,109	70,490	407,017
Sep-18	1,001	70,128	395,237
Oct-18	1,170	75,777	422,751
Nov-18	1,098	76,028	407,017
Dec-18	970	73,177	379,953
Jan-19	1,029	73,716	395,943
Feb-19	1,013	71,632	372,898
Mar-19	1,112	80,440	421,322
Apr-19	1,069	74,395	399,790
May-19	1,063	76,738	410,349
Jun-19	1,059	76,685	403,921
Jul-19	1,073	75,915	395,775
Aug-19	981	70,122	375,987
Sep-19	946	66,901	363,108

Crime and Community Safety

Kingston_upon_thames - Crime - UTLA

Kingston_upon_thames - Crime - UTLA - Kingston upon Thames