Total Crime Rate

66.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 66.2 6/10
  • Violent crimes 41.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lower Richmond Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Kew , and the 230th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Richmond upon Thames .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Richmond Road (SW14 7HU) in the last 12 months was 66.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% lower than the Kew average (71.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Richmond Road (SW14 7HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clifford Avenue, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Watney Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Richmond Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mortlake Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Holmesdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waldeck Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Leonards Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wadham Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wadham Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hanson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hanson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hanson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rutland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rutland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rutland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rutland Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Carlton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Kingsway Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clifford Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pembroke Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifford Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Graemesdyke Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Clifford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsway —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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