Total Crime Rate
28.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Richmond Road West area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Barnes , and the 143rd lowest 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 Upper Richmond Road West (SW14 8DD) in the last 12 months was 28.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Richmond Road West (SW14 8DD), the main crime hotspot is near Burke Close. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Mortlake & Barnes Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burke Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Upper Richmond Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limes Field Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | White Hart Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rosslyn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosslyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Priests Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priests Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosslyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burke Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rosslyn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rosslyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rosslyn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burke Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burke Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burke Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burke Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burke Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | First Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dowdeswell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hertford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hertford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arabella Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grosvenor Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arabella Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arabella Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arabella Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arabella Drive | — |
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