St Mark's & Seething Wells, Kingston upon Thames: Safety
Safety
Crime in St Mark's and Seething Wells is well below the London average and sits close to the UK average. Better still, it's been falling across all the main categories over the past two years.
In 2024 and 2025, the neighbourhood recorded around 81 to 84 crimes per 1,000 residents. That's less than half the London average of roughly 205 to 210 per 1,000. It's also meaningfully lower than the adjacent Kingston Town neighbourhood, which recorded nearly 389 per 1,000 in 2024.
The trend is moving in the right direction. Anti-social behaviour dropped from 224 incidents in 2024 to 120 in the first nine months of 2026. Violent crime fell similarly, from 242 to 125 over the same period. Burglary is low and falling too.
This is one of the calmer parts of the Kingston upon Thames area when it comes to crime.
Source: police-recorded crime for St Mark's & Seething Wells ward (Metropolitan Police Service, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. St Mark's & Seething Wells ward: Metropolitan Police Service data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
St Mark's & Seething Wells ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
84
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
London region average
130.2
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
Long Ditton
50
Higher than
Berrylands
45.8
Higher than
Hampton Wick & South Teddington
55.9
Lower than
Kingston Town
451.3
Similar to
Norbiton
84
Higher than
Hampton
57.8
Higher than
Green Lane & St James
48.5
Higher than
Surbiton Hill
74.6
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in St Mark's & Seething Wells ward and the London region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences23%24%
- Anti-social behaviour22%21%
- Shoplifting11%8%
- Other theft9%9%
- Vehicle crime7%7%
- Public order7%5%
- Burglary5%4%
- Criminal damage and arson5%5%
- Drugs3%5%
- Bicycle theft2%1%
- Theft from the person2%8%
- Other crime1%1%
- Robbery1%3%
- Possession of weapons<1%<1%
