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-19 - Sep-20

	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000
	Kingston upon Thames		London		England
Anti-social behaviour	5,675	32	377,256	42.1	1,481,200	26.3
Bicycle theft	457	2.6	22,316	2.5	71,804	1.3
Burglary	964	5.4	66,241	7.4	282,364	5
Criminal damage and arson	800	4.5	52,168	5.8	442,372	7.9
Drugs	996	5.6	50,977	5.7	168,508	3
Possession of weapons	81	0.5	6,073	0.7	39,376	0.7
Public order	758	4.3	56,305	6.3	397,438	7.1
Robbery	232	1.3	31,307	3.5	65,901	1.2
Shoplifting	636	3.6	38,234	4.3	242,770	4.3
Theft from the person	400	2.3	42,918	4.8	71,560	1.3
Other theft	1,117	6.3	96,396	10.8	360,991	6.4
Vehicle crime	1,169	6.6	112,106	12.5	347,781	6.2
Violence and sexual offences	3,497	19.7	231,067	25.8	1,668,396	29.6
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	128	0.7	10,298	1.2	90,770	1.6

Change in the overall crime rate

Rates (per 1,000)

	Kingston upon Thames	London	England
Oct-18	6.7	8.5	7.5
Nov-18	6.2	8.5	7.3
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

Counts

	Kingston upon Thames	London	England
Oct-18	1,170	75,685	422,753
Nov-18	1,098	75,955	407,019
Dec-18	970	73,112	379,957
Jan-19	1,029	73,646	395,946
Feb-19	1,013	71,569	372,898
Mar-19	1,112	80,362	421,324
Apr-19	1,069	74,320	399,859
May-19	1,063	76,648	412,412
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	69,090	369,530
Oct-19	1,000	78,130	390,659
Nov-19	1,046	75,725	377,613
Dec-19	995	73,156	365,022
Jan-20	1,061	76,452	385,987
Feb-20	1,002	72,767	364,275
Mar-20	877	66,191	346,788
Apr-20	645	47,747	273,375
May-20	760	55,899	310,137
Jun-20	891	61,256	332,190
Jul-20	1,009	69,012	372,213
Aug-20	962	70,077	372,423
Sep-20	987	69,994	359,349

Crime and Community Safety

Kingston_upon_thames - Crime - UTLA

Kingston_upon_thames - Crime - UTLA - Kingston upon Thames