Total Crime Rate

127.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lower Richmond Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Kew , and the 88th highest crime rate of 595 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 Lower Richmond Road (TW9 4LU) in the last 12 months was 127.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 366.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 325.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Richmond Road (TW9 4LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lower Richmond Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lower Richmond Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somerton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marksbury Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Richmond Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Richmond Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bicester Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Niton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lower Richmond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hester Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambert Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambert Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lambert Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lambert Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chilton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Upper Richmond Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lower Richmond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lower Richmond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chilton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thompson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chilton Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Garrick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garrick Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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