Total Crime Rate
59.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cowley Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Barnes , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 595 local areas in Richmond upon Thames .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cowley Road (SW14 8QD) in the last 12 months was 59.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowley Road (SW14 8QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashleigh Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lodge Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Limes Field Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mortlake Bus Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sutherland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sutherland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mortlake High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mortlake High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Avondale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Trehern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Trehern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lodge Avenue | Under investigation |
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