Postcode · Ashford
Crime in TN27 0LS
How much crime is recorded in TN27 0LS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Charing, Pluckley & Challock
- Council
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,571 (2024)
TN27 0LSAshford
How safe is TN27 0LS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN27 0LS 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
17.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
38
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 0LSNational
Violence and sexual offences12.923.6
Burglary7.79.1
Anti-social behaviour7.410.7
Other theft4.74.5
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Public order1.94.6
Other crime1.81.5
Drugs0.92.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.