Postcode · Tenterden
Crime in TN30 6SU
How much crime is recorded in TN30 6SU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Biddenden, Smarden & High Halden
- Council
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,388 (2024)
How safe is TN30 6SU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN30 6SU 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
22.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
41
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).
TN30 6SUNational
Violence and sexual offences15.723.6
Burglary5.79.1
Anti-social behaviour5.510.7
Other theft4.94.5
Criminal damage and arson4.64.7
Vehicle crime4.53.5
Other crime1.91.5
Public order1.04.6
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
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.