Total Crime Rate
155.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower Richmond Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Barnes , and the 61st 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 Lower Richmond Road (SW14 7RD) in the last 12 months was 155.6 per 1,000 residents and was 123.2% higher than the Barnes average (69.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Richmond Road (SW14 7RD), 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.
View Crime In Mortlake & Barnes Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mortlake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carlton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Leonards Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wadham Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wadham Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hanson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hanson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rutland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rutland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holmesdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifford Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Graemesdyke Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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