Total Crime Rate

80.6 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 80.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.6 9/10
  • Burglary 15.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.6 2/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Strand Drive area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Kew , and the 192nd 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 Strand Drive (TW9 4DP) in the last 12 months was 80.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% higher than the Kew average (70.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Strand Drive (TW9 4DP), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Strand Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Bessant Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bessant Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strand Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strand Drive —
Sep 2025Burglary Strand Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Strand Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Strand Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strand Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loraine Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ernest Gardens —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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