Postcode · Ashford
Crime in TN27 0EA
How much crime is recorded in TN27 0EA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Charing, Pluckley & Challock
- Council
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,281 (2024)
TN27 0EAAshford
How safe is TN27 0EA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN27 0EA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
47
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).
TN27 0EANational
Violence and sexual offences18.323.6
Anti-social behaviour12.210.7
Criminal damage and arson6.54.7
Other theft3.74.5
Burglary3.79.1
Public order3.04.6
Drugs1.12.4
Robbery0.61.4
Vehicle crime0.23.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 42% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.