Total Crime Rate

90.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Nine Acres area has the 11th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bockhanger , and the 95th highest crime rate of 393 local areas in Ashford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nine Acres (TN24 9JR) in the last 12 months was 90.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% lower than the Bockhanger average (128.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nine Acres (TN24 9JR), the main crime hotspot is near Rectory Way. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nine Acres area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Acres Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rectory Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rectory Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rectory Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rectory Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinneys Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Acres Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Acres Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingswood
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rectory Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bybrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Acres Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Acres Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bybrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bybrook Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beecholme Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Ash Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Old Ash Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rectory Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Rectory Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rectory Way
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rectory Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bybrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Rectory Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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