Postcode · Ashford
Crime in TN27 9DD
How much crime is recorded in TN27 9DD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Charing, Pluckley & Challock
- Council
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,088 (2024)
TN27 9DDAshford
How safe is TN27 9DD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN27 9DD area, less than half 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
15.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
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 9DDNational
Burglary24.59.1
Violence and sexual offences5.923.6
Anti-social behaviour3.910.7
Other theft3.24.5
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Theft from the person0.72.1
Drugs0.72.4
Other crime0.71.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 35% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.