Total Crime Rate
155.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kew Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Kew , and the 60th highest crime rate of 592 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 Kew Road (TW9 2NA) in the last 12 months was 155.9 per 1,000 residents and was 119.5% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 80.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kew Road (TW9 2NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prince'S Street, where police recorded 163 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In North Richmond| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunstable Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydney Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St James'S Cottages | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunstable Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunstable Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kew Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quadrant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Quadrant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quadrant Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Quadrant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Quadrant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Quadrant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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