Total Crime Rate
109.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lower Richmond Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Thamesfield , and the 265th highest crime rate of 825 local areas in Wandsworth .
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 (SW15 1JT) in the last 12 months was 109.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% higher than the Thamesfield average (105.0 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 700.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Richmond Road (SW15 1JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterman Street, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bigg'S Row (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glendarvon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lower Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thames Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glendarvon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Festing Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Festing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stockhurst Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Farlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterman Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterman Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Roskell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thames Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bendemeer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cardinal Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glegg Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ruvigny Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cardinal Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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