Total Crime Rate

101.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 55.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.9 6/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Royds Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Aylesford & East Stour , and the 79th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Ashford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Royds Road (TN24 0DR) in the last 12 months was 101.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royds Road (TN24 0DR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Royds Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Riverbank Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairview Drive Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Other crime Fairview Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Royds Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairview Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clover Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jacobs Oak Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Earlsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bulleid Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Earlsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Whitewillow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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