Crime Rate in Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs, ward

Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs has the 7th highest crime rate of 40 wards in Ashford district and the 2494th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 331st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% higher than the Ashford district average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 257 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 39.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 287 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 96 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Headcorn Road (17 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.