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Crime · Ashford
Reported crime in Ashford
3,095 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 85 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
3,095
Rate / 1,000
85
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,088 | 35% |
| Anti social behaviour | 434 | 14% |
| Shoplifting | 318 | 10% |
| Public order | 262 | 8% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 261 | 8% |
| Other theft | 184 | 6% |
| Vehicle crime | 143 | 5% |
| Burglary | 102 | 3% |
| Other crime | 101 | 3% |
| Drugs | 98 | 3% |
| Robbery | 41 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 36 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 18 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 9 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 95 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 73 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 105 | 83 | 110 | 74 | 1088 |
| Anti social behaviour | 52 | 48 | 31 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 36 | 37 | 44 | 35 | 41 | 39 | 434 |
| Shoplifting | 17 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 41 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 35 | 34 | 318 |
| Public order | 32 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 44 | 262 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 32 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 261 |
| Other theft | 19 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 184 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 143 |
| Burglary | 10 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 102 |
| Other crime | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 101 |
| Drugs | 5 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 98 |
| Robbery | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 41 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 36 | |
| Theft from the person | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| Total | 283 | 295 | 226 | 253 | 204 | 222 | 284 | 269 | 273 | 241 | 283 | 262 | 3095 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Ashford, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 36,450.