Total Crime Rate
76.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nowell Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Barnes , and the 190th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Richmond upon Thames .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nowell Road (SW13 9BS) in the last 12 months was 76.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% higher than the Barnes average (69.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (β 25.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nowell Road (SW13 9BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kentwode Green (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Everdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fielding Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jenner Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lillian Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lillian Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boileau Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boileau Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nowell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Washington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kentwode Green | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kilmington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kentwode Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kentwode Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kentwode Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kentwode Green | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kilmington Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilmington Road | Under investigation |
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