Total Crime Rate

287.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 287.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 54.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.4 9/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Other theft 18.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.2 10/10
  • Drugs 14.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bowling Green Close area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Kew , and the 46th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bowling Green Close (PR8 6ET) in the last 12 months was 287.5 per 1,000 residents and was 250.9% higher than the Kew average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 129.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowling Green Close (PR8 6ET), the main crime hotspot is near Bretton Fold. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bowling Green Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Argameols Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barclay Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mellors Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Palmerston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Keats Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mellors Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Argameols Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mellors Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mellors Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butts Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bretton Fold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime B5276 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5276 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft B5276 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mellors Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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