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 Dec-19 - Nov-20

	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000
	Kingston upon Thames		London		England
Anti-social behaviour	6,197	34.9	403,641	45	1,544,211	27.4
Bicycle theft	479	2.7	24,044	2.7	72,057	1.3
Burglary	884	5	62,980	7	268,096	4.8
Criminal damage and arson	782	4.4	51,918	5.8	435,219	7.7
Drugs	1,051	5.9	52,291	5.8	172,066	3.1
Possession of weapons	72	0.4	6,094	0.7	38,995	0.7
Public order	733	4.1	56,465	6.3	400,497	7.1
Robbery	217	1.2	28,733	3.2	61,973	1.1
Shoplifting	578	3.3	36,533	4.1	227,866	4.1
Theft from the person	338	1.9	37,653	4.2	63,126	1.1
Other theft	1,048	5.9	88,361	9.9	339,500	6
Vehicle crime	1,183	6.7	110,286	12.3	335,224	6
Violence and sexual offences	3,471	19.6	230,675	25.7	1,669,333	29.7
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	122	0.7	10,387	1.2	91,741	1.6

Change in the overall crime rate

Rates (per 1,000)

	Kingston upon Thames	London	England
Dec-18	5.5	8.2	6.8
Jan-19	5.8	8.2	7.1
Feb-19	5.7	8.0	6.6
Mar-19	6.3	9.0	7.5
Apr-19	6.0	8.3	7.1
May-19	6.0	8.6	7.3
Jun-19	6.0	8.6	7.2
Jul-19	6.0	8.5	7.1
Aug-19	5.5	7.8	6.7
Sep-19	5.4	7.7	6.6
Oct-19	5.6	8.7	6.9
Nov-19	5.9	8.5	6.7
Dec-19	5.6	8.2	6.5
Jan-20	6.0	8.5	6.9
Feb-20	5.6	8.1	6.5
Mar-20	4.9	7.4	6.2
Apr-20	3.6	5.3	4.9
May-20	4.3	6.2	5.5
Jun-20	5.0	6.8	5.9
Jul-20	5.7	7.7	6.6
Aug-20	5.4	7.8	6.6
Sep-20	5.6	7.8	6.4
Oct-20	5.1	7.8	6.3
Nov-20	4.9	7.2	6.0

Counts

	Kingston upon Thames	London	England
Dec-18	970	73,112	379,957
Jan-19	1,029	73,646	395,947
Feb-19	1,013	71,569	372,898
Mar-19	1,112	80,362	421,323
Apr-19	1,069	74,320	399,859
May-19	1,063	76,648	412,411
Jun-19	1,059	76,632	405,925
Jul-19	1,073	75,834	397,951
Aug-19	981	70,044	377,983
Sep-19	960	69,088	369,528
Oct-19	1,000	78,130	390,658
Nov-19	1,046	75,725	377,614
Dec-19	995	73,156	365,019
Jan-20	1,061	76,449	385,983
Feb-20	1,002	72,765	364,271
Mar-20	877	66,187	346,782
Apr-20	645	47,747	273,375
May-20	760	55,896	310,138
Jun-20	891	61,254	332,184
Jul-20	1,009	69,010	372,200
Aug-20	962	70,065	372,389
Sep-20	987	69,984	359,318
Oct-20	898	69,645	356,918
Nov-20	871	64,262	337,116

Crime and Community Safety

Kingston_upon_thames - Crime - UTLA

Kingston_upon_thames - Crime - UTLA - Kingston upon Thames