Tenterden South
WardSouth west Ashford. About 2,956 people in 12 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Tenterden South, 74.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Tenterden South compares
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Is Tenterden South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tenterden South at a rate of 93.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 76.4 per 1,000 people across Ashford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Tenterden South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (77), anti-social behaviour (71) and criminal damage and arson (41).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Ashford
These figures are published for the whole of Ashford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Ashford and not Tenterden South alone. See Ashford
Tenterden South in brief
Tenterden South had 2,750 usual residents at the census.
In Tenterden South, 74.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Tenterden South, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.
51.6% of residents in Tenterden South were aged 15 to 64 at the census.