Total Crime Rate
83.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Crescent area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Barnes , and the 168th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Richmond upon Thames .
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 The Crescent (SW13 0NN) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% higher than the Barnes average (69.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Crescent (SW13 0NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birch Yard, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swan Place (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Melville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Melville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Birch Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Birch Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cardigan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cardigan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beverley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beverley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedars Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedars Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Willow Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bracken Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meredyth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meredyth Road | Under investigation |
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