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Crime in CT4 8

How much crime is recorded in CT4 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Ashford
Region
South East
Population
2,671 (2024)
Crime

How safe is CT4 8

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in CT4 8, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
16.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

CT4 8National
Violence and sexual offences11.623.6
Burglary7.79.1
Anti-social behaviour6.310.7
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Other crime2.61.5
Other theft2.24.5
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Public order0.84.6
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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