Total Crime Rate
243.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kew Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in East Sheen , and the 30th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Richmond upon Thames .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kew Road (TW9 2ND) in the last 12 months was 243.7 per 1,000 residents and was 228.9% higher than the East Sheen average (74.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 134.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kew Road (TW9 2ND), 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 South Richmond| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | The Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quadrant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quadrant Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydney Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunstable Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunstable Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Quadrant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Michelsdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Quadrant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Quadrant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Quadrant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Quadrant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Quadrant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Quadrant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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