Postcode · Ashford
Crime in TN26 3RD
How much crime is recorded in TN26 3RD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Great Chart, Bethersden & Woodchurch
- Council
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,059 (2024)
TN26 3RDAshford
How safe is TN26 3RD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN26 3RD area, 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
17.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
TN26 3RDNational
Violence and sexual offences13.923.6
Burglary7.79.1
Criminal damage and arson6.14.7
Other theft2.04.5
Anti-social behaviour2.010.7
Other crime1.31.5
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Drugs1.02.4
Vehicle crime0.33.5
Public order0.34.6
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.