Total Crime Rate

66.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 66.0 6/10
  • Violent crimes 39.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gainsborough Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Kew , and the 232nd highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Richmond upon Thames .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gainsborough Road (TW9 2EA) in the last 12 months was 66.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% lower than the Kew average (71.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gainsborough Road (TW9 2EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Raleigh Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Temple Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gainsborough Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raleigh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Topiary Square —
Apr 2026Other theft Dancer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Walpole Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stanmore Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mcdougall Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trinity Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mcdougall Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raleigh Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raleigh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raleigh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Raleigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burdett Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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