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Crime · Ashford
Reported crime in Ashford
3,156 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 87 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
3,156
Rate / 1,000
87
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,128 | 36% |
| Anti social behaviour | 455 | 14% |
| Shoplifting | 293 | 9% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 271 | 9% |
| Public order | 243 | 8% |
| Other theft | 190 | 6% |
| Vehicle crime | 140 | 4% |
| Other crime | 112 | 4% |
| Burglary | 110 | 3% |
| Drugs | 110 | 3% |
| Robbery | 40 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 35 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 18 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 11 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 126 | 98 | 95 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 73 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 105 | 83 | 1128 |
| Anti social behaviour | 54 | 47 | 52 | 48 | 31 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 36 | 37 | 44 | 35 | 455 |
| Shoplifting | 14 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 41 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 293 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 30 | 22 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 271 |
| Public order | 24 | 24 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 243 |
| Other theft | 21 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 190 |
| Vehicle crime | 10 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 140 |
| Other crime | 13 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 112 |
| Burglary | 13 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 110 |
| Drugs | 17 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 110 |
| Robbery | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 40 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 35 | |
| Theft from the person | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
| Total | 334 | 272 | 283 | 295 | 226 | 253 | 204 | 222 | 284 | 269 | 273 | 241 | 3156 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Ashford, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 36,450.