Crime and Safety in North Sheen, Richmond upon Thames
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crimes in North Sheen are violence and sexual offences, with 227 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 14. This is 3.2% higher than 2025's figure of 220 offences and a difference of 0.43 from 2025's crime rate of 14. North Sheen's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 9 offences recorded in 2026, an increase of 12% from 2025's figure of 8 crimes.
North Sheen 2026 Crime Scorecard
7% lower, borough crime rate
London
31% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Richmond upon Thames is 7% lower than London and 31% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Richmond upon Thames Crime Rate Over Time
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North Sheen Crime Map
Incidents mapped in North Sheen represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to North Sheen's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around North Sheen up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of North Sheen's 3 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
North Sheen • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within North Sheen has a crime risk score of 374. This is based on analysis of 3 nearby areas within North Sheen, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in North Sheen's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in North Sheen, crime risk scores are typically around 374, while in Richmond upon Thames they are average 389.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 435 (494 for Richmond upon Thames), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 507 (Richmond upon Thames 559).
Trends in Crime Risk
North Sheen
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 25% in North Sheen's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in North Sheen's crime risk score is up by 0.22%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, North Sheen's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 10%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
North Sheen
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
North Sheen • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Vehicle Crime offences have a crime rate of 8.62 reports per 1,000 people in North Sheen, which is 2.00 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 137 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 73 reports of Burglary in North Sheen, resulting in a crime rate of 4.57 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.46.
The crime rate for Possession of Weapons is 1.33 times the national average at 0.57 reports per 1,000. This is from 9 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
North Sheen
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.04 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.39 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 167% over this timeframe.
Theft From the Person offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.62 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.27 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 130% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
North Sheen
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.24 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.00 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 76% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending downwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
North Sheen • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 269 | 16.90 | 1.20 | 3,164 | 14.67 | 1.04 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 19 | 1.19 | 1.75 | 369 | 1.72 | 2.36 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 73 | 4.57 | 1.46 | 885 | 4.10 | 1.31 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 77 | 4.84 | 0.77 | 1,078 | 5.00 | 0.80 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 36 | 2.26 | 0.97 | 551 | 2.56 | 0.83 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 10 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 154 | 0.71 | 0.38 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 84 | 5.29 | 0.93 | 1,047 | 4.86 | 0.85 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 9 | 0.57 | 1.33 | 48 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 61 | 3.85 | 0.66 | 861 | 3.98 | 0.69 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 11 | 0.68 | 0.86 | 242 | 1.14 | 0.97 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 33 | 2.06 | 0.32 | 1,143 | 5.30 | 0.74 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 18 | 1.13 | 0.87 | 262 | 1.22 | 0.79 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 137 | 8.62 | 2.00 | 1,604 | 7.44 | 1.73 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 227 | 14.26 | 0.47 | 3,394 | 15.73 | 0.52 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 795 | 49.95 | 0.73 | 11,638 | 53.96 | 0.75 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 801 | 50.35 | 0.73 | 12,038 | 56.05 | 0.76 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 769 | 48.37 | 0.67 | 11,879 | 55.34 | 0.73 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 797 | 50.18 | 0.67 | 11,560 | 53.90 | 0.68 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 841 | 53.08 | 0.72 | 11,236 | 52.54 | 0.68 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 987 | 61.33 | 0.92 | 11,692 | 54.24 | 0.79 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 1,066 | 65.53 | 0.91 | 11,930 | 55.07 | 0.74 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 977 | 60.38 | 0.83 | 12,968 | 59.97 | 0.79 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 1,051 | 65.84 | 0.99 | 13,039 | 60.19 | 0.85 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 947 | 59.96 | 0.99 | 11,756 | 54.22 | 0.85 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 266 | 16.90 | 0.93 | 3,453 | 15.97 | 0.84 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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North Sheen Compared to Other Richmond upon Thames Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| Kew | 101 | 44.48 | 11% safer |
| East Sheen | 192 | 45.56 | 9% safer |
| Mortlake | 780 | 59.91 | 20% more dangerous |
| Richmond | 1,097 | 59.93 | 20% more dangerous |
| Kew Green | 385 | 69.32 | 39% more dangerous |
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