Total Crime Rate

216.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 216.3 10/10
  • Other theft 88.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 25.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.6 8/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hythe Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Aylesford & East Stour , and the 20th 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 Hythe Road (TN24 0QQ) in the last 12 months was 216.3 per 1,000 residents and was 110.9% 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 Other theft with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hythe Road (TN24 0QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greystones (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hythe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greystones Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cornes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St Marys Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Field End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silver Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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