Crime Rate in Aylesford & East Stour, ward

Aylesford & East Stour has the 4th highest crime rate of 40 wards in Ashford district and the 1672nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 201st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Aylesford & East Stour in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 26.5% higher than the Ashford district average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Aylesford & East Stour’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 333 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 376 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Aylesford & East Stour ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Church Road, with 63 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hunter Close (21 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.