Total Crime Rate

126.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 126.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 47.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Rylands Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bockhanger , and the 53rd 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 Rylands Road (TN24 9LR) in the last 12 months was 126.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.9% lower than the Bockhanger average (128.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 84.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rylands Road (TN24 9LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bybrook Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadowbrook Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rylands Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bybrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bybrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tabret Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meadowbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tudor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Thirlmere Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingswood —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tabret Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bybrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ashborne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Riding Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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