Total Crime Rate

257.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

131.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 257.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 131.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 50.6 8/10
  • Other theft 22.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.2 8/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clifton Road area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Kew , and the 54th 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 6HP) in the last 12 months was 257.1 per 1,000 residents and was 220.4% higher than the Kew average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 131.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clifton Road (PR8 6HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bretton Fold, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mellors Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clifton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argameols Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Bretton Fold Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mellors Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mellors Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mellors Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mellors Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Argameols Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argameols Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argameols Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argameols Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keats Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bretton Fold Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bretton Fold Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Keats Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bretton Fold

Data Sources

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