Total Crime Rate
120.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashford Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Rolvenden & Tenterden West , and the 56th highest crime rate of 394 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 Ashford Road (TN30 6PR) in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 138.9% higher than the Rolvenden & Tenterden West average (50.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashford Road (TN30 6PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jarvis Place, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chalk Avenue (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalk Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Jarvis Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ashford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henley Meadows | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chalk Avenue | Under investigation |
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