Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Other theft 18.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.3 4/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

May Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in South Twickenham , and the 168th highest crime rate of 595 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 May Road (TW2 6QP) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 72.3% higher than the South Twickenham average (49.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around May Road (TW2 6QP), the main crime hotspot is near Knowle Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in May Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edwin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hamilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hamilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person First Cross Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crane Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Knowle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Knowle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gravel Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gravel Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norcutt Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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