Total Crime Rate

227.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 227.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.0 10/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Bentley Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Aylesford & East Stour , and the 19th highest crime rate of 393 local areas in Ashford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bentley Road (TN24 0EX) in the last 12 months was 227.0 per 1,000 residents and was 121.3% higher than the Aylesford & East Stour average (102.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 112.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bentley Road (TN24 0EX), the main crime hotspot is near Hunter Close. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bentley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hunter Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Billington Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Alsops Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alsops Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alsops Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summer Leeze Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Swallowfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gladstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orion Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Billington Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orion Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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