diff --git a/cli/cmd/stat.go b/cli/cmd/stat.go
index 61254f069..158abc9f7 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/stat.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/stat.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/runconduit/conduit/pkg/k8s"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
 type statOptions struct {
@@ -309,14 +308,7 @@ func getNamePrefix(resourceType string) string {
 }
 
 func buildStatSummaryRequest(resource []string, options *statOptions) (*pb.StatSummaryRequest, error) {
-	targetNamespace := options.namespace
-	if options.allNamespaces {
-		targetNamespace = ""
-	} else if options.namespace == "" {
-		targetNamespace = v1.NamespaceDefault
-	}
-
-	target, err := util.BuildResource(targetNamespace, resource...)
+	target, err := util.BuildResource(options.namespace, resource...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -339,13 +331,14 @@ func buildStatSummaryRequest(resource []string, options *statOptions) (*pb.StatS
 		TimeWindow:    options.timeWindow,
 		ResourceName:  target.Name,
 		ResourceType:  target.Type,
-		Namespace:     targetNamespace,
+		Namespace:     options.namespace,
 		ToName:        toRes.Name,
 		ToType:        toRes.Type,
 		ToNamespace:   options.toNamespace,
 		FromName:      fromRes.Name,
 		FromType:      fromRes.Type,
 		FromNamespace: options.fromNamespace,
+		AllNamespaces: options.allNamespaces,
 	}
 
 	return util.BuildStatSummaryRequest(requestParams)
diff --git a/cli/cmd/stat_test.go b/cli/cmd/stat_test.go
index ee8e3aed0..ca066fad1 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/stat_test.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/stat_test.go
@@ -34,4 +34,16 @@ emoji      1/2   100.00%   2.0rps         123ms         123ms         123ms
 			t.Fatalf("Wrong output:\n expected: \n%s\n, got: \n%s", expectedOutput, output)
 		}
 	})
+
+	t.Run("Returns an error for named resource queries with the --all-namespaces flag", func(t *testing.T) {
+		options := newStatOptions()
+		options.allNamespaces = true
+		args := []string{"po", "web"}
+		expectedError := "stats for a resource cannot be retrieved by name across all namespaces"
+
+		_, err := buildStatSummaryRequest(args, options)
+		if err == nil || err.Error() != expectedError {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected error [%s] instead got [%s]", expectedError, err)
+		}
+	})
 }
diff --git a/controller/api/util/api_utils.go b/controller/api/util/api_utils.go
index 1f19a1f4f..7cfc8aa84 100644
--- a/controller/api/util/api_utils.go
+++ b/controller/api/util/api_utils.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/runconduit/conduit/pkg/k8s"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	k8sErrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ type StatSummaryRequestParams struct {
 	FromNamespace string
 	FromType      string
 	FromName      string
+	AllNamespaces bool
 }
 
 // GRPCError generates a gRPC error code, as defined in
@@ -98,6 +100,17 @@ func BuildStatSummaryRequest(p StatSummaryRequestParams) (*pb.StatSummaryRequest
 		window = p.TimeWindow
 	}
 
+	if p.AllNamespaces && p.ResourceName != "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("stats for a resource cannot be retrieved by name across all namespaces")
+	}
+
+	targetNamespace := p.Namespace
+	if p.AllNamespaces {
+		targetNamespace = ""
+	} else if p.Namespace == "" {
+		targetNamespace = v1.NamespaceDefault
+	}
+
 	resourceType, err := k8s.CanonicalKubernetesNameFromFriendlyName(p.ResourceType)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -106,7 +119,7 @@ func BuildStatSummaryRequest(p StatSummaryRequestParams) (*pb.StatSummaryRequest
 	statRequest := &pb.StatSummaryRequest{
 		Selector: &pb.ResourceSelection{
 			Resource: &pb.Resource{
-				Namespace: p.Namespace,
+				Namespace: targetNamespace,
 				Name:      p.ResourceName,
 				Type:      resourceType,
 			},
@@ -116,7 +129,7 @@ func BuildStatSummaryRequest(p StatSummaryRequestParams) (*pb.StatSummaryRequest
 
 	if p.ToName != "" || p.ToType != "" || p.ToNamespace != "" {
 		if p.ToNamespace == "" {
-			p.ToNamespace = p.Namespace
+			p.ToNamespace = targetNamespace
 		}
 		if p.ToType == "" {
 			p.ToType = resourceType
@@ -139,7 +152,7 @@ func BuildStatSummaryRequest(p StatSummaryRequestParams) (*pb.StatSummaryRequest
 
 	if p.FromName != "" || p.FromType != "" || p.FromNamespace != "" {
 		if p.FromNamespace == "" {
-			p.FromNamespace = p.Namespace
+			p.FromNamespace = targetNamespace
 		}
 		if p.FromType == "" {
 			p.FromType = resourceType
diff --git a/web/app/js/components/util/ApiHelpers.jsx b/web/app/js/components/util/ApiHelpers.jsx
index f67b0732a..259b1b69b 100644
--- a/web/app/js/components/util/ApiHelpers.jsx
+++ b/web/app/js/components/util/ApiHelpers.jsx
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ const ApiHelpers = (pathPrefix, defaultMetricsWindow = '1m') => {
     }
 
     let baseUrl = '/api/tps-reports?resource_type=' + type;
-    return !namespace ? baseUrl : baseUrl + '&namespace=' + namespace;
+    return !namespace ? baseUrl + '&all_namespaces=true' : baseUrl + '&namespace=' + namespace;
   };
 
   // maintain a list of a component's requests,
diff --git a/web/app/js/components/util/MetricUtils.js b/web/app/js/components/util/MetricUtils.js
index deffbe85e..1f50fb448 100644
--- a/web/app/js/components/util/MetricUtils.js
+++ b/web/app/js/components/util/MetricUtils.js
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ export const processSingleResourceRollup = rawMetrics => {
   if (_.size(result) > 1) {
     console.error("Multi metric returned; expected single metric.");
   }
+  if (_.isEmpty(result)) {
+    return [];
+  }
   return _.values(result)[0];
 };
 
diff --git a/web/app/test/ApiHelpersTest.jsx b/web/app/test/ApiHelpersTest.jsx
index 19dae87a6..7d6748542 100644
--- a/web/app/test/ApiHelpersTest.jsx
+++ b/web/app/test/ApiHelpersTest.jsx
@@ -285,13 +285,13 @@ describe('ApiHelpers', () => {
     it('returns the correct rollup url for deployment overviews', () => {
       api = ApiHelpers('/go/my/own/way');
       let deploymentUrl = api.urlsForResource("deployment");
-      expect(deploymentUrl).to.equal('/api/tps-reports?resource_type=deployment');
+      expect(deploymentUrl).to.equal('/api/tps-reports?resource_type=deployment&all_namespaces=true');
     });
 
     it('returns the correct rollup url for pod overviews', () => {
       api = ApiHelpers('/go/my/own/way');
       let deploymentUrls = api.urlsForResource("pod");
-      expect(deploymentUrls).to.equal('/api/tps-reports?resource_type=pod');
+      expect(deploymentUrls).to.equal('/api/tps-reports?resource_type=pod&all_namespaces=true');
     });
 
     it('scopes the query to the provided namespace', () => {
diff --git a/web/srv/api_handlers.go b/web/srv/api_handlers.go
index 35d735523..a4202b127 100644
--- a/web/srv/api_handlers.go
+++ b/web/srv/api_handlers.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ func (h *handler) handleApiPods(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, p http
 }
 
 func (h *handler) handleApiStat(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, p httprouter.Params) {
+	allNs := false
+	if req.FormValue("all_namespaces") == "true" {
+		allNs = true
+	}
 	requestParams := util.StatSummaryRequestParams{
 		TimeWindow:    req.FormValue("window"),
 		ResourceName:  req.FormValue("resource_name"),
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ func (h *handler) handleApiStat(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, p http
 		FromName:      req.FormValue("from_name"),
 		FromType:      req.FormValue("from_type"),
 		FromNamespace: req.FormValue("from_namespace"),
+		AllNamespaces: allNs,
 	}
 
 	// default to returning deployment stats