Postcode district · Tenterden
Crime in TN30
How much crime is recorded in TN30, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 15,486 (2024)
TN30Postcode district · Tenterden
How safe is TN30
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in TN30, 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
19.0
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).
TN30National
Violence and sexual offences15.223.6
Anti-social behaviour7.910.7
Criminal damage and arson4.94.7
Burglary4.99.1
Other theft4.34.5
Shoplifting3.08.4
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Public order1.64.6
Other crime1.41.5
Drugs0.82.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Robbery0.51.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 7% 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.