Total Crime Rate
539.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodman Mews area has the highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Kew , and the 7th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Richmond upon Thames .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodman Mews (TW9 4AP) in the last 12 months was 539.5 per 1,000 residents and was 659.4% higher than the Kew average (71.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 127.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 161.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodman Mews (TW9 4AP), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kew| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodman Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodman Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodman Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodman Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Strand Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Strand Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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