Kingston ranks among safest London boroughs as new gun crime stats released
By Tilly O'Brien 15th Oct 2026
A Metropolitan Police Service crime dashboard has released gun crime figures for all London boroughs, ranking them from highest to lowest in terms of offences, and Kingston ranks pretty low.
The figures show that there were 130 gun crime offences in total in London in September.
East London borough Newham comes out on top with nine offences recorded during September 2026, placing it ahead of Haringey, Hillingdon and Waltham Forest, which each recorded eight.
Enfield, Lambeth and Southwark followed with seven offences each, while Barnet and Tower Hamlets recorded six.
Westminster recorded five offences, while Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Ealing, Greenwich, Hackney, Sutton and Wandsworth each recorded four.
Camden, Croydon and Islington recorded three offences apiece.
Harrow, Havering, Kensington and Chelsea, Redbridge recorded two each.
Hammersmith and Fulham, Kingston, Lewisham and Merton had the lowest recorded totals, with one offence each.
However, nearby Richmond Borough had no count displayed in the supplied table.
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