Total Crime Rate
125.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clifton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Kew , and the 184th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clifton Road (PR8 6HL) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifton Road (PR8 6HL), 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.
View Crime In Kew| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barclay Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argameols Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Palmerston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellors Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Keats Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellors Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argameols Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mellors Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellors Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Butts Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bretton Fold | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B5276 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B5276 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B5276 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Mellors Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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