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 Aug-19 - Jul-20

	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000
	Kingston upon Thames		London		England
Anti-social behaviour	5,257	30	354,118	39.8	1,428,081	25.5
Bicycle theft	431	2.5	19,548	2.2	70,476	1.3
Burglary	972	5.5	68,174	7.7	294,196	5.3
Criminal damage and arson	804	4.6	51,255	5.8	440,490	7.9
Drugs	984	5.6	51,878	5.8	167,110	3
Possession of weapons	85	0.5	6,147	0.7	38,850	0.7
Public order	738	4.2	54,204	6.1	383,396	6.9
Robbery	255	1.5	32,258	3.6	67,500	1.2
Shoplifting	683	3.9	39,050	4.4	255,108	4.6
Theft from the person	397	2.3	45,524	5.1	76,215	1.4
Other theft	1,099	6.3	99,203	11.1	374,642	6.7
Vehicle crime	1,143	6.5	110,842	12.4	357,971	6.4
Violence and sexual offences	3,503	20	227,166	25.5	1,631,188	29.1
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	129	0.7	10,210	1.2	89,006	1.6

Change in the overall crime rate

Rates (per 1,000)

	Kingston upon Thames	London	England
Aug-18	6.3	7.9	7.3
Sep-18	5.7	7.9	7.1
Oct-18	6.7	8.5	7.6
Nov-18	6.3	8.5	7.3
Dec-18	5.5	8.2	6.8
Jan-19	5.9	8.3	7.1
Feb-19	5.8	8.0	6.7
Mar-19	6.3	9.0	7.5
Apr-19	6.1	8.3	7.1
May-19	6.1	8.6	7.4
Jun-19	6.0	8.6	7.3
Jul-19	6.1	8.5	7.1
Aug-19	5.6	7.9	6.8
Sep-19	5.5	7.8	6.6
Oct-19	5.7	8.8	7.0
Nov-19	6.0	8.5	6.8
Dec-19	5.7	8.2	6.5
Jan-20	6.1	8.6	6.9
Feb-20	5.7	8.2	6.5
Mar-20	5.0	7.4	6.2
Apr-20	3.7	5.4	4.9
May-20	4.3	6.3	5.5
Jun-20	5.1	6.9	5.8
Jul-20	5.8	7.8	6.5

Counts

	Kingston upon Thames	London	England
Aug-18	1,109	70,400	407,020
Sep-18	1,001	70,067	395,243
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	399,860
May-19	1,063	76,647	412,414
Jun-19	1,059	76,630	405,924
Jul-19	1,073	75,835	397,951
Aug-19	981	70,045	377,985
Sep-19	960	69,088	369,529
Oct-19	1,000	78,132	390,663
Nov-19	1,046	75,725	377,615
Dec-19	995	73,156	365,024
Jan-20	1,061	76,453	385,988
Feb-20	1,002	72,766	364,280
Mar-20	877	66,193	346,792
Apr-20	645	47,748	273,371
May-20	760	55,893	310,133
Jun-20	888	61,242	323,029
Jul-20	1,008	69,018	361,739

Crime and Community Safety

Kingston_upon_thames - Crime - UTLA

Kingston_upon_thames - Crime - UTLA - Kingston upon Thames