Crime Rate in Ashford Town, ward

Ashford Town has the 2nd highest crime rate of 13 wards in Spelthorne district and the 1286th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 149th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ashford Town in the last 12 months was 114.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% higher than the Spelthorne district average (93.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ashford Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 343 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 31.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 414 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ashford Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Church Road, with 147 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Rowan Close (87 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.