Total Crime Rate

90.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ashbee Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Snodland East & Ham Hill , and the 90th highest crime rate of 404 local areas in Tonbridge and Malling .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashbee Close (ME6 5HQ) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% lower than the Snodland East & Ham Hill average (122.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -61.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashbee Close (ME6 5HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Saltings Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashbee Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ashbee Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Rectory Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rectory Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rectory Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson May Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashbee Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ashbee Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashbee Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hammonds Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Ashbee Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Ashbee Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Rocfort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hammonds Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saltings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saltings Road

Data Sources

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