Crime Statistics for Ashford, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 409 street level crime incidents in Ashford in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ashford, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	134
Anti Social Behaviour	79
Shoplifting	64
Criminal Damage Arson	33
Vehicle Crime	26
Other Theft	18
Burglary	16
Other Crime	11
Public Order	11
Drugs	8
Possession Of Weapons	3
Bicycle Theft	3
Theft From The Person	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	409

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ashford. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Ashford

We've taken the ten nearest places to Ashford and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Ashford has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Ashford	409
Bockhanger (1.39 miles)	305
Bybrook (1.39 miles)	305
South Ashford (0.62 miles)	276
Kennington (1.39 miles)	246
South Willesborough (1.75 miles)	85
Great Chart (1.39 miles)	73
Potters Corner (1.39 miles)	54
Chilmington Green (1.75 miles)	38
Hothfield (2.24 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Ashford?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Ashford and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Ashford	134
Bockhanger	122
Bybrook	122
South Ashford	108
Kennington	96
South Willesborough	39
Great Chart	37
Chilmington Green	22
Potters Corner	18
Hothfield	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ashford?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Ashford to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Ashford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ashford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Ashford is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Stanhope	91
2	Beaver	88
3	Norman	78
4	Victoria	73
5	Singleton East	60
6	Singleton West	57
7	Washford	53
8	Weald Central	52
9	Repton	50
10	Godinton	38

Which road in Ashford has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Ashford with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.