Total Crime Rate
331.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
146.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bank Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Aylesford & East Stour , and the 9th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Ashford .
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 Bank Street (TN23 1BE) in the last 12 months was 331.9 per 1,000 residents and was 250.7% higher than the Aylesford & East Stour average (94.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 146.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bank Street (TN23 1BE), the main crime hotspot is near High Street. Police recorded 185 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ashford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Johns Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Johns Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elwick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Elwick Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Apsley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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