Total Crime Rate

97.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.9 5/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

The Ridge area has the 8th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bockhanger , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 393 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 The Ridge (TN24 9ET) in the last 12 months was 97.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.1% lower than the Bockhanger average (128.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Ridge (TN24 9ET), the main crime hotspot is near Dudley Road. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Ridge area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Pends —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dudley Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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