Total Crime Rate
82.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sussex Avenue area has the 35th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Aylesford & East Stour , and the 107th 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 Sussex Avenue (TN24 8NB) in the last 12 months was 82.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sussex Avenue (TN24 8NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 180 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ashford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regents Place | — |
| 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 | Hollington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regents Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regents Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regents Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmore Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmore Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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