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 Mar-20 - Feb-21

	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000
	Kingston upon Thames		London		England
Anti-social behaviour	7,241	40.8	445,184	49.7	1,666,355	29.6
Bicycle theft	447	2.5	24,184	2.7	68,744	1.2
Burglary	714	4	56,273	6.3	239,114	4.3
Criminal damage and arson	735	4.1	50,298	5.6	415,996	7.4
Drugs	1,014	5.7	52,479	5.9	174,937	3.1
Possession of weapons	64	0.4	5,735	0.6	37,810	0.7
Public order	688	3.9	54,917	6.1	397,991	7.1
Robbery	183	1	23,889	2.7	54,171	1
Shoplifting	516	2.9	32,064	3.6	200,532	3.6
Theft from the person	249	1.4	27,562	3.1	47,707	0.9
Other theft	943	5.3	73,480	8.2	304,785	5.4
Vehicle crime	1,050	5.9	100,631	11.2	303,249	5.4
Violence and sexual offences	3,265	18.4	225,132	25.1	1,657,609	29.5
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	114	0.6	10,219	1.1	91,917	1.6

Change in the overall crime rate

Rates (per 1,000)

	Kingston upon Thames	London	England
Mar-19	6.2	9.0	7.5
Apr-19	6.0	8.3	7.1
May-19	5.9	8.6	7.3
Jun-19	5.8	8.6	7.2
Jul-19	5.9	8.5	7.1
Aug-19	5.4	7.8	6.7
Sep-19	5.4	7.7	6.6
Oct-19	5.6	8.7	6.9
Nov-19	5.8	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	6.0
Jul-20	5.7	7.7	6.7
Aug-20	5.4	7.8	6.7
Sep-20	5.5	7.8	6.5
Oct-20	5.0	7.8	6.4
Nov-20	4.9	7.2	6.1
Dec-20	4.6	6.7	5.6
Jan-21	3.9	5.8	5.3
Feb-21	3.5	5.7	5.1

Counts

	Kingston upon Thames	London	England
Mar-19	1,098	80,362	421,323
Apr-19	1,064	74,320	399,859
May-19	1,052	76,649	412,412
Jun-19	1,035	76,632	405,925
Jul-19	1,054	75,834	397,951
Aug-19	966	70,044	377,983
Sep-19	953	69,086	369,526
Oct-19	988	78,130	390,658
Nov-19	1,037	75,724	377,613
Dec-19	990	73,156	365,019
Jan-20	1,056	76,449	385,983
Feb-20	993	72,764	364,271
Mar-20	872	66,189	346,784
Apr-20	642	47,747	273,372
May-20	756	55,897	311,316
Jun-20	888	61,256	337,911
Jul-20	1,003	69,008	377,877
Aug-20	957	70,062	377,407
Sep-20	978	69,983	365,064
Oct-20	892	69,643	362,572
Nov-20	866	64,250	342,315
Dec-20	807	59,609	314,832
Jan-21	696	51,812	295,799
Feb-21	625	51,407	289,313

Crime and Community Safety

Kingston_upon_thames - Crime - UTLA

Kingston_upon_thames - Crime - UTLA - Kingston upon Thames