Total Crime Rate

248.2 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 248.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 81.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.0 7/10
  • Public order 18.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Melrose Road area has the highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Barnes , and the 24th highest crime rate of 595 local areas in Richmond upon Thames .

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 Melrose Road (SW13 9LQ) in the last 12 months was 248.2 per 1,000 residents and was 279.2% higher than the Barnes average (65.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melrose Road (SW13 9LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birch Yard, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanton Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Melrose Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stanton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Swan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Anns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charlotte Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charlotte Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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