Total Crime Rate
41.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Riversdale Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in Aylesford & East Stour , and the 151st lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Ashford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Riversdale Road (TN23 7TR) in the last 12 months was 41.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Riversdale Road (TN23 7TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kimberley Way, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Denmark Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ashford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Denmark Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kimberley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kimberley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kimberley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sydney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfeld Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gallagher Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gallagher Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lower Denmark Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sydney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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